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Raise your hand if upping your fitness game is one of your goals for the new year. You know how important being active is to us at here at Momtrends, so imagine our excitement when we heard about the fitness app every woman needs. Gixo is a fitness app that offers live AND on ...read more

Shoving a thermometer in a squirming toddler's ear is no fun. For anyone. But it's especially (and also literally) painful when your little one has an ear infection. Poor little muffins. But taking a babe's temperature just got a little simpler (and a whole lot cuter) with the ...read more

How have your kids transitioned back to school? How have you? The early morning wake-ups, the suddenly-filled afternoons, the busyness of balancing homework and sports and activities - getting back to school can be hard on the whole family. Today, we're sharing five apps that can ...read more

It's the weekend! Time to pop open a bottle of wine and celebrate another week completed. Before you open up a bottle, here are three ways to make sure your wine tastes juuuuuuuust right. Are you ready? Here are three easy steps to ensure that whatever bottle you open tonight, ...read more

Does this sound familiar: You're out running errands or picking up a child from a playdate or afterschool practice and you drive by it - that store that you need that thing from! Except...you can't remember exactly what that thing was. Or you remember one of the items, but not ...read more

Are you ready for Jonas? We of course are talking about the big winter storm set to hit the northeast - not these Jonases. Officials are recommending you get prepared for the big storm, so in addition to the essentials you've hopefully already picked up (diapers, wipes, wine, ...read more

Is it just me or does the new year seem to hit so fast and so furious? It seems like we went straight from the dreamy magic of the holidays into a full on whirlwind no? At least that's what's been going on in my house. From ballet to baseball and everything in between, mama's ...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

As a busy mom I heavily rely on apps when I'm on the go to keep my schedule, shopping lists, and tasks together. I always find that just when I thought I knew of and was using the best apps on the market, there are always new ones hitting virtual stores prepared to wow me over ...read more

We are so excited about the latest app from StoryToys and Sesame Workshop with the release of Elmo Loves You!, a 3D pop-up storybook app, which encourages literacy and helps teach children about love and friendship. The app, which marks the first collaboration between Sesame ...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

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

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

Five years ago I was somewhat clueless about technology. My hubs would try to teach me things, but I was like Claire on Modern Family, somewhat...ahem...resistant. Thanks to blogging, I am much more savvy these days when it comes to the tech world. I'm no expert obviously, but a ...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

It's January which means that many of us just made resolutions to lose weight or get in better shape. In fact, according to a study by the University of Scranton, losing weight is the #1 resolution we make for the coming year. Sure, you can opt for joining a gym, taking up 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