If you're trying to think of a new, meaningful way to honor your mother this Mother's Day, helping moms around the world who toil countless hours to find clean water for their families is better than any beautifully wrapped trinket.

A donation in your mom's name to Water.org, which works with carefully screened community organizations around the world to help women and their families access clean water, is a gift that will help give moms the most basic everyday necessity.

As Jodie Foster says in the below call-to-action video with Matt Damon, millions of women and their families struggle daily to access clean water to survive. "They face an impossible choice: certain death without water or possible death from illness," Foster says. "They are simply working to create a more dignified life."

Around the world, more than 1 billion people lack clean water, according to Water.org, and 4,000 mothers around the world will lose a child due to water-borne disease every day. "This is

As summer vacation draws near and the days grow longer, bedtime becomes a struggle in many families. How do you …Every parent learns early to dread Daylight Saving Time and the longer days of summer.

That spring forward - or the fall back, for that matter - can wreak havoc in the sleep patterns of even the most settled baby. And things get even more complicated when the baby grows into a child who can talk and argue.

When we set our clocks ahead an hour each spring for Daylight Saving Time, the days seem to lengthen. We might get up in the dark, but the light lingers longer in the evening--and it only gets worse as the summer progresses. Bedtime comes and the sun still is up. Even your preschooler can see that. The question is inevitable.

If it's not dark, why do I have to go to bed?

I made the situation worse with my first child. When he was about 18 months old, he had a bad habit of getting up at 4 or 5 a.m., so we taught him "dark means sleep." This worked to keep him in bed until a decent hour - until that spring. He's a winter baby, so when springtime rolled around again, he had

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Celebrity babies grow up so fast. It seems like just the other day J.Lo had only one responsibility: rationalizing the movie Gigli. Now she's got two unfathomably cute toddlers, Emme and Max (who looks like a mini Marc Anthony, yes?) They joined their pretty mama at a taping of American Idol last night and even got to sit at the judges table. Someone deserves serious Mother's Day breakfast in bed for that.

The WORST Mother's Day gifts EVERLife has a way of sneaking up on you if you aren't paying attention and apparently, I haven't been. Which is why I was rather surprised when my husband texted me the other day and asked if there was anything special I'd like for Mother's Day this year.

I had completely spaced on the fact Mother's Day is this weekend. Whoops.

While it's lovely to know my husband is on the ball and thinking of me on behalf of our youngest son(s), I have a bigger problem at the moment. What do I get MY mother for her special day?

I really wish I was one of those people who are either hyper organized and have all their gifts purchased for all holidays a year in advance or one of those people who think buying half wilted gas station roses at the last minute is entirely acceptable. However, I am neither.

Related: 9 (free!) ways to make mom feel special on Mother's Day

I am gift-less and in a bit of a time crunch. And when that happens, there is only one thing to do: Turn to the Internet for inspiration.

Happy Mother's DayIf you still haven't decided what to do with Mom on her special day, several companies are offering deals that are just too good to pass by. Here are 10 freebies for Mom that are available nationwide.

1. She'll feel like a Queen this weekend at Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament. Every mom will receive the full royal treatment, including a rose, a glass of champagne, and several other gifts.
   
   
2. Starting today, Vonage phone service is expanding its Mother's Day Deal to international calls. By downloading the Vonage Mobile app, families will be able to connect with their love ones in Latin American countries for free this weekend.
   
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3. At IKEA, Mom can have scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes, and a cup of coffee gratis before 11 a.m. this Sunday.
   
   
4. Redbox is joining in on the celebration this Mother's Day by offering a free one-day DVD rental. Simply send mom a card from its Facebook page, and she'll receive a discount

This blog is for those first time moms or moms who had a baby after a long time, wanting to refresh on some things on tummy-time.
I as a mom of two kids and having the third one on the way, I always felt compassionate and still am about having newborns and babies getting tummy time. I cannot wait to give my third baby tummy time, because good things are on his or her way physically and developmentally. And I am excited to share with you all the benefits and effective ways of your baby getting the encouragement of doing tummy time.
First of all what is tummy-time? It is where you place your baby onto his or her belly down- whether it is on the bed, floor, crib, or any place that will aid your baby lifting their head up. Your baby must be awake during tummy time, to avoid Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Based on my parenting experience, I have found 3 benefits of giving my babies tummy time!
1. Your baby will more likely not have a flat head. The more he or she is on their

Mark your calendars: This Sunday, May 13, is Mother's Day. And contrary to popular belief, the holiday did not rise up from the corporate brain trust of Hallmark and FTD florists. The day to celebrate mom has ancient roots.

The day can be traced to ancient Greece, which honored Rhea, mother of the gods, with offerings of honey cake, drinks, and flowers at dawn. The Romans built a temple for the mother of the gods, Magna Mater (Great Mother), and the Festival of Hilaria called for gifts to be brought to the temple to please the goddess.

In 17th-century England, early Christians reserved a day to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. By a later religious order all mothers began to be honored, and the day was christened "Mothering Sunday."

The holiday came to America when, in 1907, grateful daughter Anna Jarvis held a church service on May 12 in West Virginia to honor her late mother's work promoting women's groups for friendship and health. Within five years, almost every

As a mom who still breastfeeds, I've learned to never say never when it comes to motherhood.If you had showed me this TIME Magazine cover, featuring a mother breastfeeding her toddler who is STANDING UP, one year ago, I would have laughed.

"Not me! That won't be me! I will breastfeed until she's around one. 10 months maybe?"

Yet there I was the other day, sitting on the couch in my living room nursing an almost one year old who was...standing up. "Look!" I said to my husband. He thought it was funny and laughed out loud. My daughter, of course, thought nothing of it.

Long before I became pregnant, I knew I would breastfeed. After tons of reading and education in natural parenting, as well as attachment parenting, I also knew I would want to nurse my baby for up to a year. Those first few weeks were brutal. Oversupply issues, a colicky baby, cracked and bleeding nipples, you name it, I dealt with it. Through daily tears of frustration, I told myself I only had to do it for six months. I counted the weeks and dreamt of the day I wouldn't need to wear easy access bras and