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A newly single mother asked a therapist in an advice column if she thought it was okay that she coslept with her baby after splitting up with her partner. To which she was told no. I know. In this woman’s particular situation, she found out she was pregnant a few months after she and her partner broke up. She’s been cosleeping with her baby and breastfeeding, and everything seems to be going great (and her pediatrician thinks so), but the relationship expert seems to think it’s a bad idea for when she wants to start dating....

In fact, according to an article in USA Today, American women often give up pumping once they go back to work because it can be intimidating to have to ask for special accommodations. Think about it; you need to set up, pump, store your milk, and then put everything away multiple times a day … Not an easy thing to ask your employer. Though it is illegal for them to discourage you from asking to do so!...

You’ll excuse me if I curse here, because that attitude is bull##@%. It just is. Volunteering for the PTA and for school events that take place during the day is a luxury. For parents who stay home and have all their children in the school, it makes sense to be able to do it. But parents who work all day, especially in an office, don’t have the time to come to the school once a week and police the lunchroom....

Question: My boyfriend told me he’d like me to penetrate him with a strap-on. He seems very hetero, but this request makes me wonder if he’s not. Should I be worried? Sharon Moalem says: “This doesn’t make him gay at all! Some men find anal-rectal stimulation pleasurable regardless of sexual preference. That area is full of sensitive nerve endings, not to mention the prostate gland. You’ve heard of women’s G-spots; this is a man’s P-spot....

Yes! I’m not the only one. I don’t go around confessing this everywhere, but sometimes my 5-year-old son acts like he’s straight up in love with me. Aside from proclaiming at least once a day (in the dreamiest voice he can muster), “Mommy, I really love you. You’re the best mommy I ever had. You look like a queeeeeen.” He also prefers to kiss me on my lips…when his dad says “Good Morning” to him, the boy offers a wrestling showdown…it goes on....

title: “Parents Are Naming Their Kids After The Reasons They Had Them It S Too Funny” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-26” author: “Xavier Ferguson”

If you didn’t know better, you’d wonder if maybe Mommy wasn’t having an affair with this “Bill” character. Anyway, we also agreed that hearing a teen calling her dad “Bill” (or her mom “Kate” or whatever) is a different sort of animal altogether. I’m not sure how I would feel about my 11-year-old, for example, calling me by my first name. On the one hand, what’s the big deal? What difference does it really make?...

But now, some of Jeffree Star’s “fans” are calling for a boycott of his brand — for the weirdest possible reason. Yes, really. Jeffree Star Cosmetics is known for its tongue-in-cheek names — Kat Von D even called him out for promoting drug use with lip colors like Drug Lord and Blow Pony — but, according to social media, the word “Pussy” is a bridge too far, sir! “SO GROSS WHY WOULD YOU RUIN A GOOD COLOR WITH AN OFFENSIVE NAME....

I cower in fear to that word. An episiotomy is an incision made to the perineum to make the vaginal opening larger for the baby to fit through. Some women tear during birth as well. Yes, I know, if I was to have an episiotomy, I wouldn’t feel it thanks to numbing agents, but still — cutting? My vagina! Oh my gosh I may just have to stop writing this post for a moment so I can calm down…....

Pregnancy did something no amount of counseling, Antabuse, or tearful ultimatums could do: it unequivocally took away the question of whether or not to drink. From the moment the second pink line on that stick appeared, I no longer had a choice in the matter. When I was still drinking, when I knew I had a problem, I used to feel an angry sort of jealousy over people who could sip their drinks....

And now for the next addition of “everything you’re doing is wrong Mom.” That hand sanitizer you carry everywhere could be bad for your baby. Really, really bad. Where do we begin? Along with your toothpaste, and your soap, and your socks, that sanitizer could be halting fetal development. These necessities all contain triclosan, an antibacterial chemical fingered by the Food and Drug Administration earlier for showing up in the urine of 75 percent of Americans....

When Reformation — you know, that cool-girl, sustainable brand that’s made waves for its beautiful dresses and minimalistic pieces — first announced a capsule collection with extended sizes, it was a THRILL. However, the model the brand chose to collaborate with might actually be a far cry from body positive. While Cutler did eventually issue a half-hearted apology, she then insisted she was being cyber bullied. The entire exchange was captured on Dances With Fat....

While filming sex scenes, it can be easy to imagine how awkward it must be for the stars as well as the crew, watching them cry out in fake moans and grunts while writhing around together nearly nude in artificial ecstasy. As the director is watching and telling them what to do, of course. But apparently RPattz’s ecstasy in Little Ashes, well … it wasn’t so fake. While acknowledging that, when you google him, everything there is to know about him pops up — “what I eat, what my poop looks like, with whom I’m sleeping, even what I look like when I masturbate …” — he then revealed something that we actually never knew before....

Still, more and more moms are finding ways to fight back against this loophole. Pennsylvania mom Holly Yeager is circulating a petition against her insurance carrier, Geisinger Choice, insisting that they step up and support local birthing centers as promised. Other moms are beginning to find loopholes in the system that work in, not against, their favor: Have a home birth with an in-network midwife (no “facility” charge if you’re in your own house!...

“Sex Confessions” is a series featuring your naughtiest bedroom secrets and fantasies. Some will sound familiar, others may give you ideas, some will turn you on, and some are dark and twisted. You might want to sit down for this. Today’s sex confession comes from Sue*, a 20-something married mom of one. She says she’s in a great marriage, her husband is a terrific dad, and the sex is better than good....

My decision was made purely on how well I know this family, but I’m finding that’s not how it works for everyone. Some parents — many parents — don’t let their daughters have sleepovers if there’s a guy supervising, even if that guy happens to be the father of one of the girls involved. In a recent Dear Prudence article, one single dad even confessed he was worried he couldn’t throw his 12-year-old a sleepover birthday party because of his gender....

Since my husband has cottoned on to the fact that I do actually know how to operate the grill and therefore can’t try to shirk grilling duty on to him all the time (rats!), I decided to do some research and solve the mystery once and for all. But first I should probably confess my horrible grilling technique … I turn the grill on as high as it goes, plop the seasoned chicken on, and run back in the house to work on a salad (or my glass of wine!...

As a refresher, they went a little something like this: This year, instead of waiting for their universities to respond, some enterprising sorority women took matters into their own hands. The women of West Virginia University grabbed their paint pens and bed sheets, and created their own provocative posters. And if anyone is concerned about the “reverse sexism” at play here, they’re missing the point: The very fact that men making sexually aggressive signs is tradition, and women making them is news, tells you all you need to know....

And another type of suit on the list that had me scratching my head a little bit? The chic, ’50s-style retro looking suits. Men aren’t exactly fans of those, considering only 21 percent found them to be attractive. (What would Marilyn Monroe say about that?) And while one-piece bathing suits did better than I expected, with 65 percent of men preferring them, tankinis only pulled in a 53 percent approval rating....

Check it out: The ring has a whopping 121 diamonds in it, and while I’m not really into the whole fleur-de-lis shape thing, I do really like the idea of a gold ring with a few (or, you know, 121) diamonds in it, instead of one massive rock that’s like, “What up!!!” It’s different — especially for Beverly Hills, where most engagement rings have their own sleeping quarters. And something about this ring just seems so Taylor....