Offbeat Mama

This is Offbeat Mama’s archive of posts written by Ariel.

We converted the walk-in closet of our one-bedroom condo into a nursery. You may be asking yourself, "Self, how'd that whole Ariel-sticking-her-baby-in-the-closet thing work out?

I struggled with infertility for five years before conceiving my son … and a big part of the challenge was the fact that it was a secret. Maybe it's time to tell my story. You should know, this is a long, long story.

Offbeat Mama has a new look, as well as a new NEW managing editor. Get the skinny on the change!

At five months, Tavi's getting to that age where he's so excited about his increasing mobility that he's squidging non-stop in his sleep. A blanket laid over him when he goes to...

This weekend we did our first flight with the baby (he did great!) down the Bay Area where I was doing an Offbeat Bride reading. On Sunday, we headed inland to Napa to visit an...

The author's son ConanI was super excited about using cloth diapers on Conan. I had a great time reading cloth diapering forums on the internet, doing research on different styles...

So sure, there are rockstar moms ... but then there are mamas who are quite literally rockstars! Like Trish Naudon here, drummer for a band out of New York City called The NATCH...

Thanks to Viva La Vida Photography for uploading these to the Flickr pool. How hawt is Angelica with her pin-up mama look, and her cutie son Kash? With cheeks like that, he needs...