Editorial Policy
Hi, friend. I'm Annie — My Mama Mode is written by one person (me), from my actual kitchen, usually while a spirited 4-year-old narrates something in the background. This page explains how the posts here get made, so you know exactly what you're reading and why you can trust it. 🤍
Everything starts with real life
I write from lived experience, not from a keyword spreadsheet. If a post is about a hard bedtime, a recipe, a product, or a season of motherhood, it's because it happened in this house. When something is outside my experience, I say so plainly — "I haven't been through this, but here's what helped a friend" is a sentence I will always be willing to write.
Where a post references outside information — a safety standard, a guideline, a study — I link to the source so you can read it yourself. I'd rather send you to the original than ask you to take my word for it.
I only recommend what I actually use
No product appears on this site because someone pitched it to me. If it's here, it lived in my house, in my diaper bag, or on my counter. If I stopped using something, I'll tell you that too — and why. For the full breakdown of how products get tested before they earn a mention, see How We Test.
Affiliate links never change a recommendation
Some links here are affiliate links, which means if you buy through one, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Here's the part that matters: the commission never decides the opinion. I don't rank products by payout, I don't quietly swap a favorite for a better-paying alternative, and plenty of things I love have no affiliate program at all — they still get recommended. If a product has a real flaw, that flaw gets published whether or not there's a link attached.
Full details live on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
Sponsored content is always labelled
If a brand ever pays for a post, gifts a product, or sponsors anything on this site, it will be labelled clearly at the top of that post — not buried at the bottom, not written in tiny grey text. You'll never have to guess. And sponsorship still doesn't buy a good review: if I try something and don't love it, I'd rather return the check than tell you it's great.
Corrections
I get things wrong sometimes. When that happens, I fix it in the open:
- Tell me. Email [email protected] with the post and what's off. Real humans reading carefully is the best fact-check there is.
- I check it. If it's wrong, it gets corrected — usually within a few days.
- The post says so. Meaningful corrections get an update note in the post itself with the date, so nothing gets quietly rewritten behind your back. Typos and small clarity edits I just fix.
Posts get revisited
Motherhood advice ages fast — car seats get recalled, products get redesigned, and my own kid keeps growing. Older posts get reviewed periodically, and when one is meaningfully updated the date changes so you can see how current it is.
Health content is not medical advice
This is important, so I'll say it plainly: I am not a doctor, midwife, lactation consultant, or therapist. Nothing on this site is medical advice, and it should never replace care from your own provider — the one who actually knows you and your baby. Posts touching pregnancy, newborn, feeding, or health topics carry a reminder to that effect. Please, always ask your doctor. Then come back here for the part where someone tells you you're doing better than you think.
Written by a human
The stories, opinions, and words here are mine. I use tools to help with the boring parts — spellcheck, formatting, wrestling with the website — but the writing you read is written by me, about my family.
Questions?
If anything on this site ever feels unclear, off, or like it needs more context, email me at [email protected]. I read every message. ✦