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I asked AI to write a Father’s Day gift guide introduction “in the style of Ilana Wiles.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2024/06/a-comprehensive-fathers-day-gift-guide-for-every-type-of-dad.html

We’ve been receiving The Week Junior every week for about a year, and Harlow looks forward to each issue arriving.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2022/04/where-harlow-gets-her-news.html

If you haven’t already heard the news, two weeks ago, I launched a newsletter called “Apparently.” Why would I start posting somewhere else after 10 years building Mommy Shorts? Allow me to...

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/06/my-mom-blogging-journey-is-taking-a-turn.html

Harlow came home from school really fired up about Earth Day. She decided to create a poster telling people to do the three Rs— reduce, reuse and recycle.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/04/harlow-makes-an-impact-for-earth-day.html

What is a Squishmallow? And why are so many tweens suddenly invested in growing their collection? Let me unpack the latest trend and why I fully support Mazzy’s new obsession.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/03/why-i-fully-support-my-tweens-squishmallow-obsession.html

We did something crazy the other night. We left the kids and went out to dinner. First date night with just the two of us at a restaurant in a year. Is this parenting with tweens?? Because I am l...

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/03/the-first-time-we-left-our-kids-alone-to-go-out-for-date-night.html

You know all those memes about husbands who can’t find things that are right in front of their face? Our relationship is the exact opposite.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/happy-valentines-day-to-my-pandemic-partner.html

When I posted a sponsored video on Instagram last Friday, so many people said it looked like a real commercial that could be on TV. I had to laugh because that’s what I did before I had kids!

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/what-my-old-ad-agency-days-taught-me.html

I’m not sure having an office is necessary to do my job anymore. Part of this is because the world is changing. But another part is because I have entered a new phase of parenthood.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/saying-goodbye-to-mommy-shorts-hq.html

It had started snowing Sunday night and kept falling for the next 24 hours, blanketing the city in snow. There is nothing I love more than NYC covered in white.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/a-little-bit-of-magic-in-snowy-nyc.html

The moment that broke me was when the Obamas entered. I was a puddle. What an incredible win for human decency and progress.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/02/feeling-hope-on-inauguration-day.html

Last night, as I lay in my bed glued to the TV, Harlow walked in. “Mom! Let’s play a game!” I looked at her and realized I really hadn’t given her the time of day in almost 24 hours.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/01/turning-off-the-news-and-trying-to-explain-whats-happening-to-my-kids.html

Over the years, my hair has gotten increasingly brittle and dull. The grey hairs that pop up on my crown, come in curly and break off after one or two inches, creating what I call— my granny ha...

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/01/can-using-a-hair-line-for-aging-hair-make-you-feel-younger.html

Welp. 2020 is over. What a god awful year. But somehow we made it through to the other side and learned several valuable lessons along the way.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2021/01/happy-2021-everyone.html

May we all have the big baking energy of a 8yo who makes a giant doughnut cake for her own birthday, during a pandemic, when she can’t even invite friends over to help her eat it.

https://www.mommyshorts.com/2020/12/harlow-baked-her-own-cake-for-her-8th-birthday.html