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Parenting

What Do Your Stepchildren Call You?

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Infertility

An Open Apology

"Eye Love You" Class Valentines
Parenting

“Eye Love You” Valentines

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Adoption

When Friends Or Family Are Displaced: How To Help

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The Best Product For Glowing Skin, According To A Celebrity Makeup Artist

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Adoption

Meeting My Brother’s Birth Mom

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Stepparenting

The Stepmommy Wars

Adoption Profile
Adoption

How to Write an Adoption Profile: According to a Birth Family

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Parenting

What Do Your Stepchildren Call You?

Gijo. Katoots. Muffin. We recently asked several step families about the names and titles their families use, and their answers were fascinating. The word “step” was forbidden in my home. I was…
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Infertility

An Open Apology

I'm sorry for expecting you to understand what it was like to not be expecting. To those of you who had a front row seat to the last three years of my…
"Eye Love You" Class Valentines
Parenting

“Eye Love You” Valentines

DIY Valentines for the eyeball obsessed. My son is obsessed with eyeballs. There’s no clever way to write that sentence. Every day, he asks, “How do you spell eyeball?” “Can I touch…
The Best Faux Houseplants, Raise Magazine.
Style

The Best Faux Houseplants

I’ve always hated artificial plants, but when we bought our second home, it was faux or nothing. We’re not there often enough to keep real houseplants alive between visits. Not to mention,…

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Adoption

When Friends Or Family Are Displaced: How To Help

Adopting a child from a different state often requires at least one parent to remain in the baby’s birth state for an extended period of time. And if your baby is born…
The Best Products For Preemies With Sensitive Skin, Raise Magazine.
Preemies

Our Favorite Products For Preemies With Sensitive Skin

Levon has ultra-sensitive skin, prone to rashes and eczema. Below are the products we rely on to protect his delicate skin. CETAPHIL PRO ECZEMA SOOTHING MOISTURIZER Levon used to suffer from patches…
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Adoption

Meeting My Brother’s Birth Mom

The Best Preemie Clothing Brands, Raise Magazine.
Style

Before Chrissy Teigen, There Was Me

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Infertility

Snapshots of Infertility: When Your Closet Becomes A Trigger

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Adoption

The One Thing You Should Never Say In Your Adoption Profile

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Infertility

Snapshots Of Infertility

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Food

How Designer Rebecca Minkoff Saved My Preemie’s Life

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Stepparenting

Thoroughly Modern Mama

Adoption Profile
Adoption

How to Write an Adoption Profile: According to a Birth Family

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Jessica Butler, Raise Magazine
Adoption
Levon’s Adoption Story
Levon was born on October 24, 2014, weighing just 2 pounds, 7 ounces. He spent 28 days in the NICU and came home from the hospital weighing less than four pounds. We became Levon’s legal parents the day he was…
Adoption Profile
Adoption
How to Write an Adoption Profile: According to a Birth Family
The best advice I received when creating our profile was to be authentic. Birth families connect with adoptive parents who share their passions, quirks, and even physical attributes. In our case, it was a mutual love of Steve Martin that…
Quote about co-parenting, raisemagazine.com.
Stepparenting
Thoroughly Modern Mama
Mother of three Halley Dean talks real-life Parent Trap, evil stepmothers, and co-parenting with her ex-husband’s ex-wife. Halley’s family includes her husband Joe and three children, Lucas (14), Asher (7), and Halo (3).  Her family also includes her ex-husband Justin,…
Pumpkin Muffin Recipe, Raise Magazine
Food
How Designer Rebecca Minkoff Saved My Preemie’s Life
At ten months old, my son stopped growing. By age two, he had fallen off the growth chart completely and was diagnosed with failure to thrive – stunted growth resulting from inadequate nutrition. Failure to thrive is a complex diagnosis,…
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Infertility
Snapshots Of Infertility
Our new series, written by contributor Mom-In Waiting, gives voice to the hidden, daily struggles of women facing infertility. Fuck you, Ed Sheeran. In your song Perfect, you sing, Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know She…
Stepmother: Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Brooke Pace/brooklynpace.com
Stepparenting
The Stepmommy Wars
It’s not a parenting philosophy that ignites the war against us. It’s our mere existence. I consider my stepsons to be my children. They were 8 and 12 when I started dating their Daddy. For 10 years, we shared custody…
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Food
Screw Pumpkin Spice, It’s Bourbon Season

You didn’t think I was only going to write about parenting, did you? Then again, one cannot parent without alcohol, so technically, I’m still on theme. Back when Goop was just a weekly newsletter GP sent from her London kitchen,…

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Stepparenting
What Is Your Custody Schedule?
When Warren and I were first married, our custody schedule was very irregular – three days here, four days there. Neither Warren nor the boys’ mother wanted to be away from the kids for more than a few days at…
Jessica Butler, Raise Magazine.
Adoption
The One Thing You Should Never Say In Your Adoption Profile
During our adoption process, our case worker shared this important piece of advice about writing profiles: If you write about your pets, be sure you refer to them as "rescued," not "adopted." I was absolutely guilty of calling our dog…
Vodka Lemonade, Raise Magazine.
Food
Vodka Lemonade
Vodka, Simply Lemonade, club soda, garnished with rosemary. When you live in the desert, summer cocktails never go out of season. This simple vodka and lemonade cocktail is perfect for impromptu dinner parties and pumpkin carving in 90 degree weather.…
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