Offbeat Mama | Features

This is Offbeat Mama’s archive of Features posts.

Parenthood lends itself heavily to cliché because we each experience similar events, things that have occurred again and again to parents for generations…

This is my husband Josh. He's such a great daddy. I'm so proud of him. *heart* He is going to school right to be a geologist since he likes to play with rocks. He starts the...

I taught preschool for 5 years, and this activity is a real winner with all kids. It's easy to do and couldn't get any cheaper. And there are all kinds of cool nature questions...

Holy crap do our DILFs rock. We've featured a few musically inclined DILFs since we began this feature but this week's hot papa has a new spin on the prominent daddy...

Nikki and Aiden bonding in the NICU The NICU can be a scary place. It really isn’t ever on anyone’s birth plan, but can show up. What’s even scary is when you don’t know...

Jesse with his kickass son, Miles My wife and I have always lived a fairly uncomplicated life. We enjoy the simple things - walks in the woods with the dogs, long car rides and...

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...