Alexandra Frost

Alexandra Frost

Alexandra Frost is a Cincinnati, Ohio, USA-based freelance journalist and content consultant with nearly two decades of experience. She's been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Consumer Reports, and many others. She is also a mom to five kids under age nine who keep her on her toes. 

Latest from Alexandra Frost

The New Way To Announce Your Pregnancy: The Hard Launch After Birth
Pregnancy

The New Way To Announce Your Pregnancy: The Hard Launch After Birth

More parents are skipping the pregnancy announcement and revealing their baby only after birth to avoid judgment, pressure and unsolicited advice.
5 minutes
What's a Dopamine Menu and How Can it Help my Kid?
Family

What's a Dopamine Menu and How Can it Help my Kid?

How a dopamine menu can help your kids. Increased motivation and fewer complaints about boredom are just two of the benefits.
6 minutes
What Postnatal Hotels Can Teach Us About Postpartum Support
Postpartum care

What Postnatal Hotels Can Teach Us About Postpartum Support

Whether you can afford to stay at a fancy retreat—or you even want to—experts agree that new parents deserve more intensive postnatal support.
5 minutes
The Unique Grieving Process of Recovering From a Stillbirth
Pregnancy

The Unique Grieving Process of Recovering From a Stillbirth

What experts and moms who’ve been there want you to know.
8 minutes
Ready to Wean? Hire a Lactation Consultant
Breastfeeding

Ready to Wean? Hire a Lactation Consultant

After ten years of growing, birthing and nursing five babies, meeting with the lactation consultant who helped me wean was almost like therapy.
5 minutes
Two out of three parents are completely burnt out
Parenting

Two out of three parents are completely burnt out

Deep breathing isn't going to cut it this time. If you're in the throes of parental burnout, here's what will actually help.
10 minutes
What parents wish their doctor had said during their miscarriage
Infertility

What parents wish their doctor had said during their miscarriage

It's hard for doctors and nurses to find the right words when expectant parents are going through a pregnancy loss. Here's the kind of support patients need and deserve.
9 minutes
It took a pandemic for me to realize that SAHMs are superheroes
Family life

It took a pandemic for me to realize that SAHMs are superheroes

Over a month into sheltering-in-place with my three kids, now I truly know just how hard the job of stay at home mom has always been. 
4 minutes
Can weaning your baby cause maternal depression?
Breastfeeding

Can weaning your baby cause maternal depression?

Some women experience a storm of depression-like symptoms and mood swings after weaning their baby and stopping breastfeeding. What's really going on?
11 minutes