Potty-training my daughter was simple. From start to finish, it took us all of three weeks before she was excited to wear “big girl drawers” and was announcing to everyone in IHOP that she’d “peed and pooped in the potty.” When it came to self-soothing, the pacifiers went missing in one night and she never […]
It’s been more than four years since I first became a parent, and while everyone from my bestie to every parenting blog in existence offered advice about parenting and pregnancy, ultimately my journey was my own. From birth announcements to baby showers, every experience will bring its own share of celebration as well as concerns, […]
Whether you’re nearing your third trimester or you’re two teenagers and a toddler into motherhood, it’s no secret that Mother’s Day can bring pressure and expectations typically from those who think motherhood should appear or be experienced a certain way. Honestly, I’m not all that excited by thoughts of brunches with bottomless mimosas, nor am […]
A big part of parenting is desperation to get through any task on your plate, whether it’s a Netflix documentary, picking up Tide pods from Target, or taking a ten-minute shower. Anyone who is elbows deep in raising a toddler knows it doesn’t take much for your tyke to have a total meltdown over something […]
I have a confession to make about my first pregnancy: I wanted a cesarean section almost from the moment I learned I was pregnant. I was never one of those women who felt like experiencing hours of labor and delivery and possible tearing of my reproductive anatomy made me anymore of a mother. I never […]
I don’t want to parent according to the philosophy of lash out first, love later.
This is what they don't tell you about your birthing day.
Even before I became a parent, I knew that I wanted the sex talk I’d have with my own children to go a lot differently than the way mine went with my own parents. In fact, just having the sex talk would be an improvement over the vague warning I was given in my early […]
If you’ve been following actor/producer Michael B. Jordan on social media, you’re probably aware that his 32nd birthday was “kinda lit” as he described on his Instagram while posting pictures of him popping bottles with Drake, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and of course his family and friends. But while celebrating getting older and wiser, Jordan made a […]
The NAACP Image Awards announced their nominations this past week and its no surprise the Black Panther movie is up for a whopping 17 awards. Atlanta, Black-ish and Insecure dominate the TV categories, but one show that many would say did a phenomenal job displaying dramatic acting and storytelling from people of color was notably […]
More details have emerged in the alleged altercation that occurred between rapper Bow Wow and estranged girlfriend Kiyomi Leslie. The two have had intense arguments in the past as documented on the last season of Growing Up Hip-Hop: Atlanta. The pair repeatedly argued on the show over issues like infidelity, insecurity and trust. Leslie shares […]
I think it’s fair to say Michael B. Jordan’s relationship with black women has been complicated over the past few years. Some of us has given him the side-eye when one minute he’s getting his prank on with Lupita Nyong’o and the next he’s poppin bottles on a yacht full of blondes with blue eyes. […]