Pacifier or thumb? It’s a great debate for parents with a newborn. Many parents start out preferring to try and use neither but many Moms (myself included) cave before even leaving the hospital. Offering up a pacifier in exchange for some sleep, and swiping as many from the hospital as they can...

By Kate Agliata: Recently, a group of activists called B4U-ACT sponsored a controversial conference aiming to (for lack of better words) normalize Pedophilia.  The conference, which took place in Baltimore, was held in an effort to convince the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to alter its definition...

By Kate Agliata: It’s August. It’s hot, and despite the humidity in the air, everything is dry and parched. In the midst of heat waves and drought, water usage among average households typically tends to massively increase. However, with a great deal of our city and state facing water shortages,...

If you haven’t had a chance to make it down the McWane Science Center and explore the Imagination Lab, you better hurry! The exhibit will end after Labor Day Weekend. Beginning Friday you will have a chance to see the Lion Cubs at the Birmingham Zoo as they roll out the red carpet for their introduction...

To say that my kids are picky eaters is a complete and total understatement. For the longest time my twins thought that fruit was something that only came in a squeezy pouch from Buddy Fruits.. Seriously. We have now, (very slowly I might add) expanded our horizons to include bananas, and on occasion...

Want to throw a thoroughly unique birthday party to surprise both your honored birthday girl or boy and your guests?  Check out these unique ways to make your party pop! Choose a theme unlike what you’ll find at your local party store: Move away from the typical character themes and the usual. ...

By Laura Kate Whitney: Recently I stopped wearing diapers.  And by diapers I mean the post-maternity padding that serves as a constant reminder that you just accomplished the seemingly impossible feat of giving birth.  I still have a few left, actually, which I’m sure I’ll keep for a while to continue...

We’re super excited that the 13th season of the Sidewalk Film Festival kicks off this Friday, August 26th and runs through Sunday the 28th. The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, is a celebration of new independent cinema in downtown Birmingham and since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across...

Wee Flip and BirminghamMommy invite you out to a Grand Opening Event at the new Wee Flip Gymnastics, located in the Vestavia City Center. Wee Flip offers gymnastics instruction for toddlers through age 5 – along with fitness classes for parents at the same time!  They also offer Mommy & Me...

School is back in session which means your kids are out of your control for a good portion of the day. No matter how many times you have stressed to them to not drink or eat after their friends, to wash their hands and then wash them again, to not play with the trash can lid, touch the toilet or lick...