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08.01.2006
Because My Laptop Battery is About to Die ThisVerySecondWhoops
08.16.2006
Because Nobody Else Wants to Discuss Your Hair As Much As I Do
08.22.2006
Because I Have Already Solved the World's Foundation Problems
11.14.2006
11.21.2006
12.01.2006
Because I Have Never Messed With Texas
01.24.2007
Wednesday Furniture Smackdown!
07.11.2007
Should I Stay Home with my Baby?
08.27.2007
The Salon Trap: Is My Stylist Ripping Me Off?
09.26.2007
Child of Mine: When Your Parents Disagree With Your Parenting
10.01.2007
Couture, Cash & the Canceled Wedding
10.08.2007
That's Mrs. Advice Smackdown to You, Bud
10.30.2007
Smack Me Down: A First-Timer's Guide to Trick-or-Treating
01.07.2008
Not About My Hair: Healing after assault & betrayal
02.04.2008
Can I handle taking care of a baby?
04.18.2008
I Want Your Sex...Why Don't You Want Mine?
04.24.2008
Smackdown Gift Guide: What to Send a Friend in the Mental Hospital
04.28.2008
On Body Image, Eating Disorders and How to Shake Free
05.05.2008
05.16.2008
Housing Crisis: Staying With the In-Laws
06.23.2008
Smackdown Updates IV: Botox, Wonky Periods & Depression
07.14.2008
The Case of the Lowballed Babysitter
09.15.2008
Parenting Choices & Passive-Aggressive Mother-in-Laws
10.03.2008
Confronting Speech Delays Without Family Support
10.16.2008
"Green" Household Cleaning Products: Health or Hype?
11.21.2008
My Boyfriend's Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
12.12.2008
Traveling With Baby: Etiquette & Who Buys the Food?
12.18.2008
What To Do With a Baby Who Won't Sleep On His Back?
02.12.2009
What To Do When Your Toddler Plays Favorites
03.29.2009
Secondhand Smoke Residue on Clothing...and Your Newborn
04.17.2009
How to Child-Proof Your Houseguests
05.11.2009
The SAHM Gig: What Am I Supposed To DO All Day?
05.14.2009
How Do You Know You Are Ready For a Baby?
05.15.2009
05.18.2009
Food & the Sensory-Sensitive Child
05.22.2009
06.04.2009
How To Give Makeup Advice To Your Teen
06.08.2009
Hiding a Pregnancy Until You're Ready to Tell
06.22.2009
How to Remove Baby Spit-Up Stains
07.13.2009
07.16.2009
The Final Word on Dinner Party Wine Etiquette
08.07.2009
08.31.2009
The (Absolutely Petrified) Expectant Father
09.14.2009
09.22.2009
Coping With a Family Member's Mental Illness
10.12.2009
When Pregnancy Announcements Attack, Part II
10.19.2009
10.26.2009
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Amalah is a pseudonym of Amy Corbett Storch. A Washington D.C.-based freelance writer. The Smackdown is published on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. You can follow Amy's daily mothering adventures at www.amalah.com. Also, it's pronounced AIM-ah-lah.
Amy also documented her second pregnancy in a Weekly Pregnancy Calendar, Zero to Forty.
Amy is mother to delicious preschooler Noah and baby Ezra. NomNomNom.
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