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A new year always inspires us to clean up our eating habits, our workout schedules and our surroundings. But what about cleaning up our digital lives? With the average American spending up to 11 hours a day with electronic media, your digital life can get as cluttered as your ...read more

What do your kids think about math? Perhaps more importantly, what do YOU think about the subject? Some studies have shown that a parent's view of math ("I'm so bad at math! "Oh I hated math in school...") can inadvertently rub off on your child, impacting their view of the ...read more

Let's be honest: motherhood can be stressful. Between too little sleep and and too much caffeine, littles who want to be in constant physical contact with you, and bigs that are learning the art of the eye roll, being a mom can tough. How do you cope? When I'm feeling a bit ...read more

Having a family member with food allergies can add a whole new level of planning to shopping, food prep and eating out. From grabbing dinner on the road to finding suitable snacks for school lunches, it can be overwhelming to first learn about a new food allergy and then to wade ...read more

Do you suffer from mommy brain? While it's a little-researched condition, I've finally figured out what causes this disease: A combination of years of sleep loss from middle-of-the-night feedings, nightmare consoling, and sick kid duty added to too many hours of the Disney ...read more

Paper or digital? How do you take your to-do lists? We've been talking about this around the virtual Momtrends headquarters lately. Some stick just to paper lists. Others, like me, use both. I like a digital to-do list for long term work and life planning as well as a daily paper ...read more

Has your little one shown an interest in piano? This isn't the easiest instrument to master but there are also a ton of products and tools out there to make the process fun and easier. Here are just a few of our favorites. Melissa and Doug Piano: To encourage the love of piano ...read more

Learning to read is a special time in a child's life. One filled with excitement, wonder and pride. I loved watching my children as they began their on their journey to independent reading. The awe and wonder in their eyes as the letters that once looked like a mixture of ...read more

While breastfeeding is the most natural way to feed your baby, it is also not the easiest task to master. To help nursing moms out we are excited to share the news about Doctor On Demand and their new team of Lactation Consultants to its practice. Through a partnership with ...read more

Our days are ruled by tasks. Deadlines for work, projects for the kids, and tasks for the home. To help us keep track of these many balls in our court, we have been loving Any.do, an organizational app that can coordinate tasks in real-time, handle group work projects in the ...read more

Kids are constantly growing - making it challenging to keep up with their sizing. This is especially the case for busy parents who order shoes and clothing online. To make it easier for parents, Stride Rite recently launched the RiteFit™ App, a first-of-its-kind app that can ...read more

I love finding games, apps and websites that have enough educational content to satisfy the former teacher in me with enough fun and entertainment to keep the kids interested in playing again and again. One of my newest finds is Brainzy.com developed by Education.com, one of the ...read more

I want to share a new health resource called LiveHealth Online!This tool couldn't come at a better time. Moms are just now getting back into the grove of back to school and now we're facing the threat of flu. That's right, it's not just school it's also "back-to-flu" season ...read more

What mom doesn't love to capture their children's special moments on video? Whether it's a soccer goal, swim meet or first time on a roller coaster, videos enable us to relive and cherish those special moments forever. But who really uses a video camera anymore? We take almost ...read more

With fall on the horizon we have been getting organized and cleaning out our closets. No easy feat, cleaning our your closets and drawers is a great way to clear out the shorts and summer dresses, and be prepared with fall sweaters and pants. One online tool that is making ...read more

Satisfying the universal desire to know the provenance of a piece of fashion and “Steal the Look,” Style Thief has officially launched as an innovative mobile app that transforms the frustration of What is she wearing? or Where did he get that? into the joy of Wow... I found it ...read more

Google Helpouts. Have you heard of them? This isn't just a Google Hangout you do with your friends or colleagues. This is a HELPout that provides a one-on-one video chat to hundreds of experts on hundreds of topics, all over the world, at all hours of the day, right onto your ...read more

Raise your hand if you love math! Well, let's just pretend we're all raising our hands. Love it or loathe it, April is Math Awareness Month and your attitude on the subject is more important than you might think. Many studies have found that a parent's attitude toward math has a ...read more

There is no denying that apps are a part of our modern lives. While we use them (in doses) we are always on the hunt for apps that are educational, trendy and interesting. Here are a few that caught our eye this month. For Beauty: Stylish mamas will love the new app StyleSeat. ...read more

At Momtrends we get a lot of emails and we are excited to share some tips from Google on how to make checking emails even more productive. Check out these 15 tips from Google pros for decluttering and organizing your Gmail inbox, plus a few cool tips that will save time and ...read more

Have a reluctant reader? One of my favorite new ways to get my kids excited about books is with StoryBots. StoryBots is an online and app-based resource that uses technology that combine fun and learning to encourage kids to get into books. StoryBots was started by two brothers ...read more

Today keeping kids entertained has moved away from books and puzzles to mobile devices, as 57% of moms admit to turning their mobile devices over to their kids anywhere from a few times a day to a few times a week. As convenient as the mobile revolution has made it for parents ...read more

Today’s families are tech savvy—in fact, more than half of American adults have a smartphone. Using technology though to connect with family can be a challenge. I thought you’d be interested in a few family-friendly apps that show you how: Momentage: Through this app, moms can ...read more

As a mom it can be challenging to be connected to the daily news. I try to read some of the morning papers online, but it isn't always easy. Enter Umano, an innovative app that you connects to current news and curated articles based on your interests. All articles and news are ...read more

How do you organize your recipes? A recipe box of handwritten favorites? Computer folders of typed-up recipes? A binder of magazine tear-outs? Pinterest boards? Digital recipe organizers? Over the years, I've gathered a collection of binders and folders and Pinterest boards and ...read more

Revelers across the globe can get up close and personal with the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square with the free official 2014 Times SquareBall App, from the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment, organizers of Times SquareNew Year’s Eve. For the first ...read more

With the holidays over, and resolutions kicking-off soon, we are excited to learn more about a new dietary plan called the Fast Metabolism Diet. A book, developed by Haylie Pomroy (also known as the “metabolism whisperer”), is a 28-day weight loss program that recently went ...read more

Last week I was greeted by some magical elves who came to my house to sing carols all about the new Canon PIXMA app for Facebook. Giving us cookies and good cheer, I also had the chance to learn more about this app and how it can allow parents to help their children create a ...read more

I've always loved the nighttime ritual of reading stories to my girls. We get to slow down and enter a world of princesses or heroes or learn about bugs and beaches as the get ready for bed. Now that my daughter is kindergarten I have been enjoying how she has been starting to ...read more

We just discovered the coolest new app from P.S from Aéropostale. This brand new Holiday app, Happy Fun Cool, is an entertaining way to throw a dance party and share pictures with friends and family. How it works is that you take pictures of your family and friends and then ...read more

Sometimes it can be easy to pick a baby names, while other times you might find yourself searching through websites and books to discover the perfect name for your bundle of joy. A new app, Nametrix: Doctor or Dancer?, developed my Mark Edmoon, a new dad/ independent app ...read more

Did you know that there are over three billion searches related to learning and education take place monthly, but research shows that these searches frequently end with more questions than answers. To help parents and students out, Noodle Education was launched as the first and ...read more

During BlogHer I had the chance to enjoy a delicious breakfast and learn more about Storia, a new eReading app from Scholastic. With our kids gearing up to return to school it is always interesting to learn the new methods and resources out there to promote education both in ...read more

There are many benefits to using some apps where some can be used for educational purposes. Take the Barefoot World Atlas App, an innovative application for the iPad that includes an interactive 3D globe that allows children to embark on a thrilling educational adventure as they ...read more