New On the Parenting Post: What Tough Girls Are Made Of

The girl had Mari by a few inches and at least 20 lbs, and she wasn’t afraid to bulldoze my baby whenever the soccer ball...

– Oct 12, 2009

A MyBrownBaby Weekend: Getting Blogalicious In The A!

Oh yeah this is the weekend that the super smart, super cutie, super sweet women of MamaLaw bring their inaugural Blogalicious conference to Atlanta. Bloggers...

– Oct 9, 2009

THE END ZONE: A SON LEARNS TO DEAL WITH HARD KNOCKS ON THE GRIDIRON

By VIVIAN EISONI snapped hundreds of photos of my youngest son, but my favorite is a black and white of him at age two. He’s...

– Oct 8, 2009

MyBrownBaby Has a Hot Birthday Date With Maxwell!

Don’t be mad. I’m going to see my man… er, Maxwell, in concert with my other man… er, Common. (Oh, and Chrisette Michelle will be...

– Oct 6, 2009

Nipples and Ninny: An African-American Mom’s Breastfeeding Journey

It was a no-brainer for me: All the books said I should breastfeed my baby because it was best for her that she would be...

– Oct 5, 2009

On The MyBrownBaby Bookshelf: "Testing the Ice." Plus, a New MBB Contest!

Congratulations to the following MyBrownBaby readers winners of “Testing the Ice,” the beautiful new book by Sharon Robinson and illustrator Kadir Nelson. FROM RANDOM.ORGHere are...

– Oct 2, 2009

The First Lady Ain't Nevah Lied…

See? This right here? It’s why I just love me some Michelle Obama. First Lady Obama told Prevention magazine in its November issue that she...

– Oct 1, 2009

A Fathers Painful Reality: It Takes a Village to Protect Our Daughters

By NICK CHILES Before I make my case, let me get something out of the way: I think we can say without much argument that...

– Sep 30, 2009

I ♥ Faces “Blue” Photo Challenge: Scary Cole

This is my nephew, Cole fiery, funky, super scary, and all awesome. I super ♥ taking pictures of this child. Could be because he has...

– Sep 29, 2009

My Little Glamour Dolls and Their Pink Polish

I don’t know where they get it from, these chocolate little girl pies with their affinity for baby pink fingernail polish and glossy lips and...

– Sep 28, 2009

Home Made Love: Nick's Easy Like Sunday Morning French Toast

My baby is the grill master, okay? Ribs, chicken, fish, vegetables, Cocoa Puffs whatever Nick cooks over charcoal always comes to our dinner table perfectly...

– Sep 25, 2009

MyBrownCauses: Help BabyMakin(g) Machine and Allstate Serve Others

I've loved her blog, like, forever and when Jennifer, a.k.a., Future Mama of the fertility and mommy-to-be blog, Baby Makin(g) Machine, hopped in the Chevy...

– Sep 24, 2009

WORDLESS Wednesday The Fantastic Four On the Last Day of One Fine Summer

Cousins Mari, Miles, Lila and Cole at their finest the sun, the pool, and happy feelings everywhere. What more could cutie pie brown babies ask...

– Sep 23, 2009

Who Gonna Check Me, Boo? The Hazards of Putting 'Em In Their Place

She played rugby and was big as hell one of those corn-fed, meat-and-potato girls who looked like she spent her summer vacation stacking potato sacks...

– Sep 22, 2009

Finding Great Joy In Gamma’s Home Cooking

I don’t know that my mom loved to cook as much as she dug the reactions she got from her standout meals. A daughter of...

– Sep 21, 2009
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