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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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