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I spoke with the wonderful Natalie and asked her a few questions about her latest series. What has been the reaction to the “not still nursing” project? The reaction has been amazing. The series has been shared thousands and thousands of times and continues to get more views daily. You don’t typically see portraits of mothers nursing older children, but this is the reality for many mothers and they feel the need to hide that they do it because of how the public views it....

Sex. Once was a time when to have regular sex, you had to get married. Thanks to the 1960s, and the birth control pill, unless you are in a strict religious sect, that is no longer the case. Both men and women are able to freely partake of sexual relations with a variety of people without it much impacting their reputation — though certainly less so for women than men....

So how can you recapture that spark without spending tons of money on sex toys, lingerie, and/or counseling? There’s this board game — Monogamy — created by a married duo with kids who kept this little secret to keeping it hot between the sheets from us for far too long. The creators, Richie and Jane, have two kids and one day realized their sex life was a little too cool for their liking....

Nope. That’s for the birds. But if we could all live in the perfect utopia that is the type of marriage people can’t resist trying to paint a picture of on Facebook? There would be, like, zero divorces in this country. Why would anyone want to leave something so pure, blissful, euphoric, and simply freakin’ awesome?!? It would be like being on vacation or attending a super cool party or something — every day for the rest of your life....

Despite learning that she could still try for a breech delivery, Vanessa and her husband Nick decided to learn more about having a doctor attempt to turn the baby before she went into labor. “Although fascinating, it sounded painful, and since my baby [had] been in the same position for so long, there were sore spots on my stomach that I didn’t even like to touch myself,” she says. “But the thought of him not turning — along with my misconception of breech delivery — had begun to cause me anxiety by that point, and I was open to the options....

We already know Stone is a contour master who can turn into literally anyone he wants — but now he’s transforming into more celebrities of color and the final looks will leave you SLAYED. Hold your wigs. This snatch is everything! “I’m hella pale in comparison being I am white,” he wrote simply in the caption. “I didn’t darken my foundation shade as I don’t want to offend anyone.” He created this Nicki Minaj look with contour and highlighting talents alone....

“My brows have always been an insecurity of mine because they’re so thin and I can’t grow them,” she said during a YouTube vlog about her experience. “I’ve always wanted [microblading] but I’ve always been, like, scared. I’ve always been scared.” Sadly, Alissa Ashley’s fears were realized, but it actually all went down AFTER the cosmetics procedure. Sheesh! “I was relieved because I was just fearful of it being an infection....

HOWEVER … when faced with what non-human penises look like, I think my attitude on this subject may be changing. No, I’m not talking alien penises or Avatar-inspired Na’vi penises. I’m talking about animal penises. Those belonging to, say, turtles or ducks. Something we don’t think about, uh, ever — unless you’re watching some of those PG-13-rated National Geographic programs that show various creatures humping mating. But have you ever seen an up-close-and-personal shot of their ding-dongs?...

But it’s always nice when the day of the week you give birth happens to be convenient as well. A little bonus, if you will, to make life easier. Moms who schedule Cesareans know what I’m talking about. Second time moms like to have their surgeries on a Monday or Tuesday so they can ride out the five days without worrying about who will take care of their older child....

But it isn’t really true. Still, we can learn a lot from each other’s past relationships and some of it is just how to be a better human. A woman writing to the Boston Globe advice columnist said that both she and her boyfriend are obsessed with his ex. They both hate her with a passion. And while it’s normal to hate his ex, it isn’t normal to have an obsession....

I honestly and truly have no idea how I stumbled onto this bizarre little corner of YouTube, but there are all kinds of videos depicting various women having a special sort of fun on the Sling Shot Malta ride in St. George’s Bay, Malta. As in … the ride seemed to give them a happy ending. If you know what I mean and I think you do. Don’t believe me?...

More from CafeMom: Mom’s Candid Photos Nail the Too-Real Moments of Pregnancy Now, with almost 13K followers on Instagram, Jonathan posts the most hilarious parenting illustrations you’ll see. From learning just how little personal time you get as a new parent to the ahem joys of potty training, Jiu’s drawing will speak to every parent. CafeMom spoke to Jonathan to learn more about the dad behind the brilliant comics. Check out some more of his work here… Babies definitely do make things cuter....

I was shocked to learn that opening the oven door whilst cooking or baking lowers the temperature by as much as 25-50 degrees (!) thereby significantly increasing my cooking time. I shudder to think of all the time, energy, and money I wasted with such behavior. Ever since I made this discovery, I’ve been keeping the oven door shut and putting my little oven light to excellent use—huh, so THAT’s what it’s there for....

We needed to create a marriage plan — an action plan. Immediately. Sure, it sounds completely unromantic, but it’s way better than the fighting, the lack of communication, and whatever else might be bogging down a relationship. Here’s how ours works: Creating a marriage action plan is as simple as it sounds, but for us, it was a way to hold each other accountable for our wants and needs in the relationship....

It would take another week to give up nursing entirely, and I sank into a bout of postpartum depression that would take some serious anti-depressants to beat. I felt completely alone at the time. But according to a new breastfeeding study, I was anything but. Researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Department of Sociology have now found a link between breastfeeding failure and higher rates of postpartum depression. Conversely, they say breastfeeding success is linked to lower rates of PPD....

Feeling like you need to rush the baby into a bath after reading that? Hold up! We’ve got everything you need to know about this recall right here. Affected sleepers are designed for babies up to 25 pounds. They have been sold at stores nationwide and online since September 2009, with prices ranging between $50 and $85. The mold is not present on a brand new out-of-the package Rock ’n Play Sleeper....

Whether or not you’re actually going to the gym is unimportant. I have something far more serious to talk to you about — and I don’t want any feathers to get ruffled. This is one of those hard truths that nobody is gonna tell you but me. You know those yoga pants you love wearing all over town? Those leggings? Those knit bicycle shorts? Yes, they’re black. Yes, from the front, they probably look slimming....

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I never thought about how I would handle being naked in front of my kids before I had children. All I had to go on were my experiences with my parents, which was that seeing my mom naked was something that happened only accidentally and seeing my father naked was something that never, ever happened. I definitely assumed that by the age of 10 my kids would have made clear long ago that Mom + naked = nope....