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grown ups

Notes from a stay at home dad in the trenches

It’s 8:15am, and I am the only male shopper at Target. Inside my cart is a bottle of Pinot Grigio, a 36-pack of Tampax Pearls, a tube of St. Ives Apricot Scrub and three packs of Purex Complete 3-in-1 because, you know, it was on sale. I am wearing the same shirt I slept in. Also a hat.

Extreme couponing: how to get your grocery store to pay you to shop

Katrina has managed to not only save money, but basically be PAID by her grocery store of choice to shop there — all by using coupons.

How to be a supportive offbeat auntie/uncle

“What are some ways that new offbeat aunties and uncles can help out their friends who are having kids? I am very excited about being an auntie and helping out, but not having any kids myself and no younger siblings, I’m a little at a loss at what to do…”

One hot, tattooed, restaurant-owning dad coming up!

There is no way to accurately describe just how awesome my husband is. Is he perfect? Hell no. Does he still leaves dirty towels on the floor in the bathroom and rarely manage to put his dirty dishes in the sink? Hell yes. But that’s ok, because he’s the most dedicated and loving father to […]

Awesome parental tattoos

When it comes to parental tattoos, (or really, tattoos in general), there’s a whole spectrum of what people do, and do not, get on their bodies. This is a post filled with photos of tattoos that kick ass.

An interview with Viviana of Mamás y Bebés

Viviana is the woman behind the super awesome Spanish-language website Mamás y Bebés. In this interview we talk babies and compare/contrast North American and Central & South American parenting styles.

Mommy had an abortion

“Don’t look at the screen,” the doctor said as she turned it away. But I already had. I saw a little blob with leg and arm buds. And a flickering heartbeat.

Figuring out when to stop: a couple’s struggle with infertility

Diane and her husband are approaching infertility treatments and wondering just how far they’ll go to conceive a child.