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Stay At Home Dad

By Julie Burton

Heidi Carpenter is the attorney for Momtalk.com. She has worked for the law firm of Fafinski Mark & Johnson for nine years. Five years a... Read more

Thinking About Being a Stay-at-Home Mom?

By Beth Weinhouse Some of us always knew that after a maternity leave we'd be back at work. Others of us knew we wouldn't, and couldn't wait to spend time at home ... Read more

The Frugal Shopper's Favorite Frugal Tips

By Sandy Shields The following are my favorite frugal tips that I use on a regular basis. I hope that they will help you as much as they have helped me and my family. ... Read more

More Articles in: Advice, Ideas & Stories

• A Mom's Anthem
• O Sole Mio: Lost in Suburbia®
• Notable Minnesota Moms: Elisa Knudson
• Eight Ways to Make Your Home Healthier Now
• Using the Internet to Search for a Nanny
• Rights in the Workplace: Mom Talks Law
• Party Planning Online
• Gift Giving Made (A Little) Easier
• Farmer's Hat Productions: Notable Minnesota Moms
• Never Too Early to Save for College
• Twins--Holding One Back: Good Enough Moms
• Forgot to Buy Your Halloween Costume? Now That's Scary!
• Painting Kids' Rooms
• Hot Enough For Ya?
• Fun or Liability?: Mom Talks Law
• All That Baby Stuff!: Good Enough Moms
• Thighway Robbery
• Notable Minnesota Moms:Kristi Anderson and Stephanie Nelson
• Sorting It Out
• Use It or Lose It
• When Mom Gets Cancer
• Nose Picking--Yuck!: Good Enough Moms
• How to Start a Mom Blog
• Selling the Family Home: Good Enough Moms
• I'm Not Their Mom
• Is This Baby Sitter Too Young?: Good Enough Moms
• Organize Your Paper and Plans
• Renewing Our Spirit Through Clutter Control
• Creative Birthday Party Ideas
• A Unique Childcare Option
• Environmentally Friendly Home Spring Cleaning
• Notable Minnesota Moms: Creative Moms and Their 'Stuff'
• Maneuvering Over Heimlich
• Party-Planning 101
• No More New Wheat Thins! (And Other Resolutions for the Food Industry
• Errands Survival Kit
• Quit Hiding Behind Your Cute Little Kids
• Should I Snoop?: Good Enough Moms
• Day Spas: Good Enough Stuff
• Grandparent Preferences: Good Enough Moms
• Get That Plastic Surgeon's Needle Away From My Eyelid!
• Maybe Your Kids Don't Need Piano Lessons in French With a Harvard Tutor After School
• Trouble - i n - Laws: Good Enough Moms
• Baby Shower Gift Ideas That Won't Put A Strain On Your Busy Schedule Or Budget
• Forgetful Son: Good Enough Moms
• Go Away! You Can't Play!: The Problem-Solving Parent
• Diaper Bag Round Up: Good Enough Stuff
• Twin Cities Birthday Party Venues: Good Enough Stuff
• Extreme Elmo Makes Me See Red
• Attachment Parenting: Good Enough Moms
• Food Choices Have Significant Impact on Moods, Energy Levels
• No One Deserves Pureed Baloney
• But Seriously, Katie: Lenore Skenazy
• Cleaning Up This Act Could Be Difficult!: Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids
• High-Energy Child Needs Limits: Sylvia Rimm On Raising Kids
• Cocaine in a Can Beats Politicians in a Lather
• Just Say "No!" to the Dirty Dozen Fruits and Veggies
• Grade Retention Doesn't Always Make the Grade: Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids
• Words Will Help Biting Disappear: Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids
• Fears Come From Somewhere: Sylvia Rimm on Raising Kids
• Find the Right Daycare: Good Enough Stuff
• Abby Cadabby Makes Me Crabby: Lenore Skenazy
• Twin Cities Parent-Child Classes: Good Enough Stuff
• Finding Great Maternity Clothes: Good Enough Stuff

An Ex-Ad-Gal-Turned-Mom Spreads Good Chair: Notable Minnesota Moms

By Rey Tabborak

Do you happen to be a parent of a crafty kid who spends all their time dreaming up the next project: cutting, pasting, painting, collaging, pretty much anything that creates a mess? Do you often find yourself buying yet another activity kit, with puzzling instructions, that is, at the end of it all, a big exercise in packaging waste, not to mention dismal outcomes?

I happen to be one such parent of a six-year-old, an ex-advertising executive-turned-mom, who never thought I'd seek my chaotic past in marketing, only to find myself as the marketing engine of a new produc ... Continue reading An Ex-Ad-Gal-Turned-Mom Spreads Good Chair: Notable Minnesota Moms.

An Allergy Primer for Beginners: Lost in Suburbia®

by Tracy Beckerman


Spring is a tough time of year for us mothers. With all of our deductive reasoning skills, amateur sleuthing talents, and mommy radar, many moms still can't tell the difference between a kid who has pollen allergies and one who has a cold.

Why does this matter, you might ask?

Well, not to be rude, but the kids with allergies are welcome in my house. The kids with colds? Not so much.

It's not that I have anything against the kids with colds: It's their germs I could do without.

Even if I frantically run around the hou ... Continue reading An Allergy Primer for Beginners: Lost in Suburbia®.

Buy in Bulk: Go Green and Save Money

As more of us shop for green products and make wiser energy choices -- and increasingly have to watch our budgets -- buying in bulk is becoming a popular option. Bulk products reduce the amount of waste going into landfills and take less energy and other resources to produce while offering shoppers lower prices.


Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show we generate about 80 million tons of waste from packaging and containers every year -- almost a third of the country's municipal solid waste. And besides the waste products themselves, the manufacture of all those boxes, cans, cartons and labels t ... Continue reading Buy in Bulk: Go Green and Save Money.

Notable Minnesota Moms: Lucie Hunter, Momspit

By Julie Burton


I feel so lucky to be able to be meeting so many bright, creative, go-getter Minnesota moms who are coming up with fabulous ideas to make our lives as moms better, brighter, cuter, more interesting, and now cleaner! And Lucie Hunter is one of those moms. Prior to meeting Lucie, I had only seen Momspit on her website, but I have to admit when I opened the Spit Kit (press kit for Momspit) and got to feel and smell the product, I was completely SOLD. What mom doesn't lick her finger to clean some chocolate off her son's face because she is just about to go into her in-laws house and she can't have him ... Continue reading Notable Minnesota Moms: Lucie Hunter, Momspit.

It's What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day

by Carolina Fernandez

A good night's sleep. Without interruption.

A clean house. Without asking for it.

Food in the fridge. With the shelves cleaned out before the new stuff goes in.

Breakfast in bed. With dark chocolate on the side.

Time to read a book. Without pictures.

Laundry folded. As if you knew that.

What mom really wants for Mother's Day is for you to be her mind-reader. To know before she even asks for it what it is she really wants.

Moms of newborns and toddlers are to ... Continue reading It's What Mom Really Wants for Mother's Day.

M is for the Many Things...

On Mother's Day, it seems appropriate to ponder what other people have said about motherhood. Some quotations for your enjoyment:

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible." ~ Marion C. Garretty

"A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest." ~ Irish Proverb

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Mothers of ... Continue reading M is for the Many Things....

Notable Minnesota Moms: Cassie Wallace

By Julie Burton

When Cassie Wallace's son Liam, who is now 4 1/2, was 3 weeks old, he went on a massive nursing binge. After noticing the crazy amounts of nursing that was going on, Cassie's husband John commented, "Wow, he is quite the boob man." Cassie agreed and decided that Liam needed a t-shirt saying just that, so she made him one. Liam's "boob man" t-shirt was a big hit. Cassie explains that Liam was happy to nurse, and his t-shirt was a coy way of telling people: "This is what our life is about right now." At first, when Cassie would notice people reading the t-shirt, she felt the urgent ... Continue reading Notable Minnesota Moms: Cassie Wallace.