The Young Mommy Life

When I was about seven months pregnant, I was in my first semester of my senior year at college. One day, I waddled up to the front of the class to ask the professor something. He (remember that, HE) asked me how the pregnancy was going and how much time I had left. “Um, about [...]

So I gave you some pointers on blogging on Monday. In a nutshell, you should write for yourself first, be consistent with your posting and for all that is good and holy, please use spellcheck. My last bit of advice in that post was about promoting your blog. If you’re going to take the time to write [...]

As I mentioned on the blog’s Facebook Page (become a fan if you haven’t already!), I’m writing a post about picky eaters. Is it finished yet? Er…no. But my mind has been occupied with other developments.   But I thought you would get a kick out of this bit from comedian Louis C.K. (he curses a lot – it’s not [...]

by Tara Pringle Jefferson I told you guys I was heading back to school to get a degree in Family Studies, which meant I would be spending my nights studying healthy families and strategies to make dysfunctional families whole again. I also said I’d share any interesting tidbits I come across and wouldn’t you know, [...]

Letter received: April 2006 Dear Young Mommy, Hey there, how are you? Word on the street is you’re freaked out about the baby on the way. You’re panicking. You’re scared. This pregnancy wasn’t planned and you are about to graduate in a year. You’re 20 years old and know nothing about babies. This is bad [...]