Physical changes. Exhaustion. Fights. Late nights. Early mornings. Weight gain. Money worries. Busy schedules. Sounds sexy, doesn't it? You'd think once you get partnered up with someone, the sex would be easy, accessible and free-flowing. Or at least not a chore. So why are so many mommies lacking in libido? The explanation may have nothing to do with you or your physical make-up and everything to do with your schedule. Put down the K-Y and let's discuss.

For the past few months, our 21 momspotters have been participating in BlogHer’s Family Connections citizen journalism project. Why are we doing this? We're interested in how normal moms (or as normal as we bloggers can be) use technology to interact with their families and how moms protect their kids who are navigating a newly digital world. The momspotters tweet a few times a day with the #momspotting hashtag about how they use technology in their day-to-day parenting lives and carry on rolicking conversations about everything from texting while driving to self-censorship in the Family Connections forum. We hope you'll join in, too! Just ask a question or comment in the forum or tweet with the #momspotting hashtag to participate.

Brigid Schulte of The Washington Post recently took on University of Maryland researcher John Robinson's claim that women have 30 hours of leisure time a week. She was so annoyed, in fact, that she called him up. He told her to keep a time diary. What did she find?

As I was researching last week's post on parenting trends of the past ten years, I realized why my daughter's babyhood was so difficult for me.

University of California, Santa Barbara, lead researcher Dr. Aaron Sell provoked ire in women of all hair colors after the New Zealand Herald, the BBC and The Sunday Times misquoted him as saying blonds are more warlike than their nonblond peers.