As a child, you think your parents are gods.  Eventually you learn the truth – your parents aren’t perfect.  They are mere mortals who make mistakes and have character flaws.

At some point while growing up we […]

This past winter, I came home from a poultry show with a day old chick who had deformed feet. Webbed toes in a chick is a genetic abnormality that you don’t want perpetuated in a flock. As this little chick was a […]

Motherhood is a big job. We get that. The responsibility is huge – the overall task sometimes pretty damn overwhelming. But, when you get right down to it, motherhood is in the details. It’s in those fleeting […]

A few weeks ago, I did something I didn’t think was possible: I slashed my daughter’s TV time by about ninety percent. The differences it has made in our daily life and how we connect with each other has been […]

Summer is nearly here.

I can hardly believe it. Seems like just yesterday, I was bringing my daughter to school for her first day of second grade. Now, we’re poring over  summer camp catalogs and websites […]

At FOBAM, we’re fans of creative “mom-trepreneurs” who not only have great products, but also manage to to make a positive impact by giving back.  Tracey Davidow, a mom of two in Hamilton, MA is doing just that.  […]

Today’s guest post comes from a very special, first-time author: my eight year-old daughter, Meghan. Having spent much of the holiday weekend and all of Monday toiling in what my friend and colleague likes to call […]

There are some things every mother knows. They become a part of our maternal DNA. It’s like giving birth somehow triggers our mommy spidey senses, and suddenly we just know stuff.

Here, in no particular order, […]

No matter whose mom you are, no matter where you live, no matter whether you did breast or bottle, co-sleeping or crying it out, disposable or cloth there are some truths about being mom that are universal. Each […]

This guest post is the first chosen from the many reader submissions that we received. This one made us laugh as we recalled the linguistic mishaps of our own kids. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did and share […]

It was the first really warm day of spring. My daughter emerged from school wearing denim shorts that had seemed ill advised in the morning, but now were completely appropriate as the sun warmed her bare legs and […]

With March coming in like a lion, I’ve been thinking about the fierce side of motherhood these days. Before becoming a mom, I would never have thought of myself as “fierce.” I would barely have considered myself […]

As moms, we are constantly bombarded with an avalanche of (usually) well-meaning advice on how to be better mothers. Before our children are born (sometimes before they are even conceived), the whole world seems […]