10 Tips to Help Kids Cope with Disaster
We can’t shield our children from every disaster that gets reported on the news. Tragedies like 9/11, the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, and the recent deadly tornado in Oklahoma are all too frequent, and our children will hear about them—and possibly see graphic images—whether we want them to or not. “Disasters such as the Oklahoma [...]
Latina & Overweight: What’s Your Risk for High Blood Pressure?
You get married and the pounds suddenly start piling on. While you are pregnant, you put on more than the recommended weight. After the baby, it is hard to shed the extra padding. Whether you learn to love your body as it is or struggle in a permanent battle to slim down, it is not [...]
Too Young to Be a Grandma: How Moms of Pregnant Teens Deal
You don’t look like an abuela, and you don’t feel like one either. You’ve nary a gray hair in sight and you could swear that your own kid just got out of diapers. But if you’re the mother of a pregnant teen, you don’t have a choice: you’re going to be a grandma, like it [...]
Are We Teaching Our Daughters to Be Nice Instead of Leaders?
“We call our little girls bossy. Go to a playground: Little girls get called ‘bossy’ all the time, a word that’s almost never used for boys. And that leads directly to the problems women face in the workforce. When a man does a good job, everyone says, ‘That’s great.’ When a woman does [...]
Dad Entertains the Laughing Quadruplets
This vid is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Dad’s a natural performer and these adorable quadruplets prove that laughter is infectious. And we love the table with built-in babyseats! For more fantastic MamiTV videos and content, visit Mamiverse. Related Video: Baby Kiss Attack!
My Close Encounter With Skin Cancer
You know how when you are young you think that the bad stuff only happens to other people? You believe you’re immune and immortal, and are sure the advice parents give is just to “pop our bubble” or “rain on our parade”? Well, that was me. I didn’t even think I’d turn thirty one day, [...]
How to Find Low-Cost Mental Health Care Without Insurance
While most of us don’t think twice about consulting a doctor when we have a physical illness, many find it difficult to seek help for emotional issues. However research shows that physical and mental health are strongly interconnected and it’s vital that we address both body and mind in order to feel our best and [...]
Kids With Food Allergies? Try These Tasty Substitutes!
It seems like every other kid out there has food allergies; and with new food products popping up in the grocery store every week, the questions about food allergies continue to grow. Between 1997 and 2007 the food-allergy rate rose 18%! So maybe it’s you, your spouse, your child, or a friend or family member [...]
Make the Pledge to Take Better Care of Yourself
Moms never get sick, don’t need to get a haircut, can go without a manicure, get enough exercise by running after their kids, manage with an occasional bite off someone else’s sandwich and are used to sleeping less than the rest of the family… Okay, maybe not! But, do you have the time to take [...]
How a Video Monitor Helped Me Love My Baby
I am home all day with my lovely little girls who are both under two years old. Raising two under two has its perks—we’re getting all the diapering and sleepless nights out of the way all at once, but it has significant challenges that are amplified due to the strong-willed temperament and opinionated nature of [...]
