We resisted medicating Lucas for his ADHD for three years. Like many parents before us, we took the try-everything-else-first route, which served a two-fold purpose: First, it acted…
It happened: we entered the age of sex-tracking spreadsheets. And while I’m not going to get into the wrongness of sex spreadsheets and their subsequent mass-social-media broadcasting (all of it,…
When it comes to childbirth, the current trend is for women to deliver their babies as naturally as possible. Ideally, a “natural” birth means little to no pain…
When the BLUNTmoms writers realized we were about to surpass a million views on this here website you’re currently reading, we all jumped up and down and gave…
Perhaps you’ve seen the hashtag that has been trending on twitter thanks to Clementine Ford and her #QuestionsForMen campaign, which was born out of an earnest question she’d asked…
I used to be the kind of person who showed up early everywhere I went, whether it was to classes where professors smiled in admiration at my dedication,…
This season Manulife is creating a movement of gratitude and paying it forward kindness during the Christmas season. We hope that by sharing our stories (as varied as…
HuffPost Live recently invited me to participate in their livestream to discuss a piece I’d written about my preference for C-section birth. I did not and do not…
I’m not scared of aliens. I’m terrified. On the most beautiful 70-degree evenings, as crickets sing their white-noise lullaby and everyone in the suburbs pushes open their windows…
“Pregnancy is a gift from God.” “I just love the feeling of knowing a tiny human is doing laps in my uterus!” “I ran a half marathon when…