Joni Edelman

What to really expect when you're expecting.

Sam: The first time you mentioned that you have five kids I was like WHAT THE ACTUAL. FIVE HUMANS. FIVE HUMANS CAME OUT OF YOU. Like, not at the same time, but they came out and like, that sounds painful and scary WHY DID YOU DO THAT??

Actually, no, I'm not a gluttonous moron.

I'll never forget the day I discovered the name for my mental illness.

My husband and I recently traveled together without our kids for the first time . . . in a while. And it was a brand-new ball game.

91% of women report dissatisfaction with their body. Ninety-one. I know you know math—that’s 9/10 of women.

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

It seems that "at 18 months, almost 60% of toddlers were sleeping for 13 to 14 hours per night." HAHA you're so funny Reuters!

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