Baby Gear & Gadgets

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributing writer Note from the mamas: Before we could post this story, April gave birth to Elliott Wallace a few weeks early! She’s super glad she had that bag packed and […]

By April Wallace, nwaMotherlode contributing writer I have so much more respect for my body now that I’m toward the end of my second pregnancy. Last time, I was actually ashamed of my body—disgusted with […]

By April Wallace There’s no shortage of maternity clothing lines out there. As soon as you do a Google search for baby name lists or buy a single baby product, your social media advertisements and […]

By April Wallace So much changes after you see that little plus sign on a pregnancy test, and it goes far beyond all the doctor’s visits, the rearrangement of your home and life. For about […]

By April Wallace, writer mama During a late-night scroll through my Facebook feed, I got sucked into reading the comments of a post announcing an acquaintance’s return to work from maternity leave. “You’re an amazing […]

By April Wallace, writer mama I don’t know about you, but any time I’m facing something new in my life, my instinct is to read up on it, to do my research. During my first […]

By April Wallace, writer mama I’m expecting again. My husband and I, along with my stepson and my 15-month-old son, will welcome another little boy to the Wallace family around Valentine’s Day. At 18 weeks […]

By April Wallace, mama writer My son was 11 months old before I realized that I had given no significant time into researching how to wean him from breastfeeding. I knew I would wean gradually. […]