February 3, 2012

Are you someone who could teach Baby Sign Language? Baby Sign Language is fast becoming a popular way to communicate effectively with little babies. Parents are increasingly recognizing the importance of communicating with their infant children in order to reduce their frustration in conveying their needs to others. The numerous advantages of baby sign language [...]

JuJu Chang of ABC News’ ‘THE FIX’ created an eye-opening video we thought you’d enjoy. ‘Balancing Babies and Blackberries’ is slightly over 3 minutes and action packed; so hand that baby a bottle, turn your ringer off, and watch as JuJu juggles her priorities. http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7036243 Did you know?  71% of working moms with a child under [...]

A momz.com fan, Susan Froetschel, was kind enough to send me a copy of her book, Royal Escape, to review. The story is about a fictional British princess, Elena, who struggles to separate her children from a monarchy system that reinforces inequality. To raise her children as independent individuals, she must fend off paparazzi, staff [...]

Here are two gift ideas my husband thinks would “work” for most of you. They are practical and will be remembered daily as they are used. Citizen Eco-Drive Men’s Chronograph Canvas Watch #AT0200-05E This handsome watch is powered by the Eco-Drive movement, which runs continuously in any kind of natural or artificial light for a [...]

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist or Alan Greenspan to know that this Christmas sales will be off this holiday season. Pessimism is rampant and hopefully as irrational as the irrational exuberance period was during the dot com boom. People are hunkering down and saving whatever cash they have. A recent Gallop Poll measuring Christmas [...]

Yes, the economy seems to be tanking and there is a constant drumbeat of negative news flowing our way each day. The news is likely to continue worsening for some time to come as well. So why not take a timeout and whoop it up for a few minutes over the price of gas falling [...]

Miserly Moms was created by Jonni McCoy when she left the daily grind of her day job to spend more time at home with her children. She had been contributing 50% of their family income and giving that up in the expensive San Francisco area was a shock to their budget and the motivation behind [...]

This news story in the Belleview News-Democrat covers some of the ugly realities out there in the job market, but goes on to offer some great advice for moms looking for work. Their interviews give great insight into how many moms sabotage their own efforts during the interview. Moms find daunting job market : The [...]

Postpartum Progress is authored by Katherine Stone who suffered with postpartum obsessive compulsive disorder with the birth of her son in 2001. This experience led her to become an advocate for women with postpartum mood disorders, through her blog Postpartum Progress. Her blog has become the most widely-read in the United States on these mom-illnesses, [...]

We’ve come across hundreds of moms with Websites that are eager to earn extra money through affiliate programs or by selling advertising space to companies whose ads targets moms. The problem has been that the mom community is so spread out that advertisers and ad agencies haven’t found an efficient way to market to moms [...]