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Ask YML: What To Get For A New Mom?

A buddy of mine is looking for a gift to give her sister, who is due any day now. She wants to get her something that is exclusively for her - baby will get his own separate gift. She asked me to think back to when I had my crew and what I had that really made the difference for me. Truthfully, I told her, I just remember being really hungry and really tired. Like, I wanted to eat and then … [Continue reading...]

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What To Wear As A Young Preggo

Every single day I get web hits from someone searching for "cute maternity clothes for young moms." EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. Now, I've done a couple posts on it in the past, but nothing to make me the expert in maternity clothes options for the 20something (or younger) mama. So I figured it's time to revisit that topic (sexy maternity clothes) with an updated look around the 'net to see what I can … [Continue reading...]

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Tell It Like It Is Tuesdays

I'm currently writing a book on young motherhood. Perhaps you've heard about it by now. In writing this book, I realize that simply writing what I know and what I think isn't going to cut it. I only have one viewpoint and the book (which is a mix of "Girl, tell me about it" and "I wish I knew this earlier") would really benefit from the voices of all the fabulous young moms I've come to know … [Continue reading...]

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Ask The Young Mommy Readers: What The Hell Was I Thinking?

Every once in a while I check my stats to see what people type into the search engine that gets them to my little ol' website. If I see anything that sounds urgent, but that I haven't really covered, then I write about it. Today I saw this query: "im a mom my life is over" Now please tell me this is a name of a song somewhere or an episode title of a TV show, because I would hate for people to … [Continue reading...]

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ask the young mommy readers: how many is enough?

I have two kids. One boy, one girl. I'm done. Not only does it make us a nice even family of four (so someone will always have someone to sit with on a roller coaster or at a restaurant booth), but I have both genders, so I'll be able to experience everything. But for me, two is enough. Honestly, I'm terrified of the kids outnumbering us, when I'll have more kids than I have arms. It … [Continue reading...]

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ask the young mommy readers: on the radio

When I'm in the car with my kids, I try to make it a point to listen to the jazz station. (Once I get this new car, then maybe I can actually play some CDs or hook up my iPod, huh?) Some days I forget and then all of a sudden, I hear Lil' Wayne talking about...hell, whatever he raps about. I really don't know. I quickly flip the station and throw a glance at the babies in the backseat. My … [Continue reading...]

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Ask YML: How Busy Are Your Kids?

This week is going to be full of "Ask the Young Mommy readers" posts, because, well, I like hearing from you. I've said it before and I'll say it again - you all make my blog worth writing and worth reading. Thank you so much! So here's today's question: How busy are your kids? I ask because I'm signing my daughter up for her first class. She's almost 3. I feel bad that she hasn't been in … [Continue reading...]

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Ask The Young Mommy Readers: I’m A Mess

I always talk about how "stuck" I am being a young mom with regard to friendships, but I'm stuck with the fashion too. Like, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO WEAR? I'm 23 but I have babies. And a husband. And a mortgage. And childcare bills. I'm don't have oodles of cash to throw at the nearest clothing store. I don't have disposable income. My income gets disposed paying bills. I admit, I'm not a … [Continue reading...]

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