What Real Role Models Are Made Of
“I don’t believe professional athletes should be role models. I believe parents should be role models…. It’s not like it was when I was growing...
The Skin They're In: Healing African American Babies' Skin Naturally
by TERESHA FRECKLETON-PETITEof Marlie and Me When it comes to our brown babies, we take pride in keeping their skin healthy and blemish-free. So it...
The MyBrownBaby Beautiful Mind Writing Contest :: January '10 Edition
In my quest to provide a forum for and celebrate great writing, I kicked off The MyBrownBaby Beautiful Mind Writing Contest a writing challenge in...
Wordful Wednesday: Homage to a (Rare) Singer Who Loves Us Just the Way We Are
I’m not going to complain and moan about the sorry state of music today how it degrades and insults and reaches for the lowest common...
Thank sweet baby Jesus the kids are back in school.
Please understand, I love my babies with abandon. But don’t let those cute, chocolately faces fool you. Two whole, looooooooooong weeks of them running amok...
Off On His Own: Preparing For Our Son’s Big College Send-Off
I’ve known Mazi since he was two a precocious little boychild with a smile as wide as the sea and eyes so bright they’d melt...
Design of a MyBrownBaby Decade: Five Significant Events That Changed My Life
My bloggy friend, Ms. Wanda of Somewhere Over the 40th Rainbow, wrote a clever post yesterday in which she shared the five most significant events...
Wordful Wednesday: 2009 Remembering A Fine, Productive First Year With MyBrownBaby!
I was browsing through my iPhotos pictures last night, reminiscing about all the wonderful things my family and I got to experience during 2009, and...
Forget New Year's Resolutions This 106-Year-Old Matriarch Has The Key to an Authentic Life
I don't do New Year's resolutions anymore. I mean, in all my years of pledging to get my pre-baby body back /cut back on the...
A Black Southern New Year's Feast Fit For (someone other than a pregnant) Queen
I almost killed my Lila on the New Year's Day before she was born. At least it felt like I did. Let me explain. See,...
HAVE A MERRY MYBROWNBABY CHRISTMAS!
Okay, so I admit it: When it comes to sending Christmas cards, I’m THE WORST. Like, I’ll spend an hour in the card aisle, pondering...
Wordful Wednesday: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas At MyBrownBaby's Place
The Christmas tree is up, the lights are shining bright, and everybody in the MyBrownBaby house is getting giddy about December 25, 2009. The presents...
On the MyBrownBaby Table: Chocolate Chip Cookies Santa Will Love
By SHELLEY CHAPMAN It’s holiday time, and everywhere you turn, sweet temptations are lurking on kitchen countertops, in office break rooms, on coffee tables by...
Miss Independent: My Baby Isn’t A Baby Anymore
So my Lila absolutely HATES getting her hair combed. Like, “you need to inform me at least a week in advance of your plans to...
Get Your Spin On: XBox 360 DJ Hero Giveaway
Editor’s note: CONGRATULATIONS, BLAQBUTTERFLY you’re the winner of the DJ Hero Bundle Giveaway, courtesy of MyBrownBaby and Sprite! Thanks to everyone who participated; the contest...
