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How crazy can it get? Just check out these hilarious drawings of dads done by their kids. These artistic gems are sure to make it to the memory box! We love our kids, and even if their portraiture of us is unflattering, it’s still something all parents treasure. Oh, #6 never gets old, does it? Image via Instagram More from The Stir: 15 Unintentionally Hilarious & Inappropriate Kid Drawings (PHOTOS) More from The Stir: I Let My Son Draw On His Bedroom Walls & I’m Glad I Did (PHOTOS) More from The Stir: Dad Covers His Body in Tattoos of Son’s Artwork (PHOTOS) More from The Stir: Child’s ‘How to Go Poop’ Drawings Make Potty Training Seem So Simple (PHOTOS) More from The Stir: 19 Awesome Pieces of Kid Art Parents Have Tattooed on Their Bodies...

But sometimes, you find yourself breaking the rules, liking a guy who has just split up with his last partner, and you go with it. It feels right. So you do it. Sometimes? It works out just fine — the relationship between your partner and his ex was long over and the breakup was an inevitability. Other times, he clearly hasn’t moved on. Here are some obvious and not-so-obvious signs that he’s not quite over his ex....

People throw Halloween parties all the time, so there are plenty of ideas out there. Making those ideas fit for a baby shower creates a cool opportunity to show some personality and individuality. A mom could use her love of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, or Hocus Pocus to bring the shower together. Or it can be more general and have a focus on pumpkins, ghosts, or skeletons. Colors can make a big impact, too....

“Even if parents don’t like the same style of name, we’re liking the same sounds,” says naming expert Laura Wattenberg, founder of Baby Name Wizard. And right now, ending a name with a crisp, clear “T” is sounding pretty good. The reason why isn’t clear, but “more than ever before, parents are looking for fresh names,” Wattenberg says. “We don’t want to name our kids ‘John’ and ‘Mary.’ We want to sound creative....

Feathers also have different meanings depending on the culture. They are an important symbol to Native American tribes specifically. Feathers can symbolize trust, honor, strength, wisdom, power, freedom, and many more things. Because they represent birds, feathers have their own different meaning depending on what kind of bird or where on the bird they come from. For example, a peacock feather can mean spirituality or royalty, while a plume feather can represent creation and light....

Chris Grady is a father of two, husband, and mastermind behind the Lunarbaboon web comic series that flawlessly illustrates all of life’s struggles, joys, and WTF moments that come with being a parent. Following a boy named Moishe, his baby sister Matilda, and an easygoing mom, Lunarbaboon documents life as a parent from a father’s perspective — and has since been turned into a page-turning book called Lunarbaboon: The Daily Life of Parenthood....

Stuffing food inside of food epitomizes America, the land of opportunities. From savory creations to baked goods with more sugar than you should ever consume, freedom rings every time you bite into one of these things. Prepare yourself for the ultimate food porn experience. We’ll start with savory and end with the sweet stuff. title: “25 Times America Stuffed Food Inside Of Other Food” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-12” author: “Sandra Layfield” Stuffing food inside of food epitomizes America, the land of opportunities....

What’s the funniest Google search you’ve caught your kids doing? Image via Pressmaster/shutterstock title: “26 Weirdest Things Kids Were Caught Googling” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-31” author: “Benjamin Crockett” What’s the funniest Google search you’ve caught your kids doing? Image via Pressmaster/shutterstock title: “26 Weirdest Things Kids Were Caught Googling” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-16” author: “Wanda Allen” What’s the funniest Google search you’ve caught your kids doing? Image via Pressmaster/shutterstock...

No longer do couples feel pressured to have the standard three-tiered white cake with the stereotypical bride and groom wedding topper. From florals to ombré and marble, there are so many different designs, shapes, colors, and styles when it comes to wedding cakes. Each couple can express their own style! We get it. Just like how to most, a wedding dress isn’t just an ordinary dress, a wedding cake isn’t an ordinary wedding cake either....

The best way I’ve found to help avoid confinement crack-ups is to — like the best Boy Scouts — be prepared. Having a go-to list you can whip out to help whip up some fun for everyone will help you avoid the rainy day blues. Here are 30 things to do with your kids on rainy days. Have a board game marathon. Make your own board game. Build a fort....

From the painful beginnings to those marathon nursing sessions that last half the night, the breastfeeding journey can be one heck of a rollercoaster ride for everyone involved. In fact, sometimes breastfeeding moms are left wondering where their own bodies end and their little babies’ hungry mouths begin. Breastfeeding can be as cruel an experience as it can be beautiful and natural, and the emotions that go along with it are just as complex....

Heed the advice below to make breastfeeding smoother sailing no matter your breast size: Experiment with positions. While finding a comfortable position to nurse in can be tricky, it is by no means impossible. Try these options for starters:• Cross cradle. “This looks very much like the traditional cradle or ‘Madonna’ position, except mother cradles infants head in one hand while supporting her breast in the opposite hand,” says Irene Zoppi, a lactation consultant and education specialist at Medela....

In fact, food and sex are so entwined, we should make it our business to take that even one step further. Let’s bring more food into the bedroom! Sure, it’s a little bit of a cliche, but it’s a cliche FOR A REASON. If used properly (and safely), food in the bedroom can be a major turn-on. Bringing some fruit into your bedroom for foreplay? That’s definitely gonna change the way you grocery shop!...

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Teens are notoriously hard to punish for bad behavior, so I’ve compiled a list of ways in which you can terrify — think scared straight — your teenage daughter. Take away her cellphone. Why? Her cellphone is her lifeline to the world she cares about (which is not, incidentally, the world we all live in). How else will she know exactly what Jimmy thought about her outfit today or what Lisa is planning to do to the new girl?...

So yeah, I have baggage now, but you know what I don’t have? Teenage angst. I’m older and wiser, as evidenced by the wrinkle between my eyes that’s begging for Botox, but that’s another story for another time. Anyway, dating when I was a moody teen was not fun, and this time I’m determined to not take myself too seriously, and just enjoy meeting new people. Who knows? Maybe I’ll even meet one worth keeping around....

So how do you know the difference and why does it matter? Food poisoning can be really hard on kids’ systems, and needs to be more closely monitored than in adults. They can get dehydrated fast, and if it’s a particularly nasty strain of bacteria, say like botulism, they need to get to the doctor ASAP. Here are five ways to tell if it’s food poisoning and not a tummy bug....

The postpartum time is kind of like the mother of all PMS periods, is it not? During that time, both times in my life, I became well acquainted with maudlin, depressing music, but I also listened to a lot of sweet songs that reminded me how lucky I was and how in love with my baby I was feeling. With that in mind, here is a great playlist of 6 songs about parenthood that will make you weep and make you remember just why you became a mama in the first place....

No matter how cathartic it is to tell everyone how you feel all the time, it can actually do more harm than good. As Dr. Jeanette Raymond, a relationship expert and licensed psychologist, points out, oversharing “blurs healthy emotional boundaries.” So, how can you tell if you’re oversharing? Here are the signs. You spill too much to people you just met. “It’s essential to slow down self-disclosure as we are building friendships....

While you think you may have it (and yourself) totally together, there are days when things definitely fall through the cracks. If you live alone, some of these are more understandable. But even if you have a full house, you can’t always count on someone else to have your back. Quick side note: my mom was folding laundry one Sunday morning before leaving for church, and it wasn’t until she had walked down the center aisle and returned to her seat that she noticed her newest accessory — a lone, black dress sock flung over her shoulder that she’d been hoping to match before she left the house!...

It’s understandable that you might feel uncertain. There’s a lot of confusing information floating around out there about flu vaccines, which are available either as a shot or as a nasal spray. For instance, a recent study indicated that flu vaccines offer you only “moderate protection” from catching this season’s flu. That’s hardly inspiring. On the other hand, “moderate protection” is better than no protection at all, right? What should you do?...