parent reads

They grow up so fast. Don't take bad pictures.

Forget the baby monitor or motorized swing, what I really could have used when my kids were little was photographer and dad Nick Kelsh's entertaining and smart new DVD, How to Photograph Your Baby, a...

You say it's your Birth Day

When I was pregnant for the first time, I developed an unhealthy affinity for those birth  documentaries that had previously repelled me.  Something about growing a baby myself made me want...

Teacher gifts: Better than buying the teacher a pony

Every year I tell my children's teachers thank you, and every year it feels inadequate. Often when I write notes to go with various teacher gifts, I write, You totally deserve a pony, but I thought...

Childrearing advice for when you've misplaced your gay uncle

Fellow blogger and Vanity Fair contributor Brett Berk has unleashed on the world his parenting perspective with The Gay Uncle's Guide to Parenting: Candid Counsel From the Depths of the Daycare...

Momnesia - Yes, there's actually an official word for "mommy brain"

I reaped so many giggles from If These Boobs Could Talk that I couldn't wait to read Shannon Payette Seip and Adrienne Hedger's follow up book Momnesia. The title alone was enough to make me nod my...

Quick! Read this book!

When we enter this insane world of parenting, we become masters of multitasking. Personally, I'll do anything to get more out of the limited hours in the day, so of course I'm drawn to books like The...