Allison Cooper

"The whining is getting annoying. Yes, I said it and you read correctly. It’s annoying to hear you repeat the same thing over and over about yourself, whining about how you need to change your eating habits, work out more, and hire a new trainer. Calm yourself and move forward with your life . . ."

“I taught my 8 year old daughter how to use our remote to turn on Netflix Kids (only my 11-year-old knows how to use it), and left out cereal bars and bananas for breakfast.” Nancy J. Horn, New York mom of three.

I got married young and had my first child young.

... there is no joy in the season when mom is locking herself in the bathroom to pull her hair out — don’t let that be you!

Luck.

Dear Elementary School,

While this final stage might take years to get to, you will finally come to a place where you realize that strong truly is the new sexy and you did something that took all the strength that you have inside you to bring your child into this world. This is not something to take lightly, this is heroic.

Last month, I turned 30 (gasp!). It still gives me a little bit of a heart palpitation to type that out, but nonetheless, it happened.

After having a baby girl in August, eight years after having my first child, let’s just say that the changes to my body were a bit different than t

Stretch marks. Tiger stripes. Road maps. Ant trails. Tattoos. Mommy stripes.