My wife, Lael, and I had repeatedly been cautioned by our experienced friends to expect severe, relationship-altering sleep loss after the birth of our daughter. The truth was, though, that we looked forward to the challenge.

When I was 32, three years into my blessedly peaceful second marriage, 16 months into the motherhood gig, five months pregnant with our second child, I sat on the floor of our New York apartment in stunned silence.

In honor of International Literacy Day (September 8th) we’ve assembled oodles of reading hints in our latest MamaResources article.

The clock is ticking… and the holidays are going to be here before you know it. Can’t figure out what to get for your friends and family this year? Look no further! Once again, we’ve pulled together some wonderful and whimsical gifts for those you love in our 2008 Support Your Local Mama Gift Guide. Happy Holidays!

To celebrate Father’s Day we’ve recruited a few of our favorite bloggers to share their brushes with fatherhood, along with our staff.

Not that we don’t love Mother’s Day, but there is more to May than flowers, spa treatments and breakfast in bed. May is National Bike Month….

Do you have a “healthy” resolution for 2009? For some of us, the resolve is weakening. The kid’s mac & cheese looks like Four Cheese Risotto from the best bistro in town after a few days on a diet. Stay on course with a few of our favorite online heath and fitness websites.

The other morning, I was digging around for something in the back of my closet when I found a framed photograph I’d stashed there in one of my fits of manic tidying.