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Thoughts on the Lana Rhoades baby privacy choices and sharenting

What The Lana Rhoades Baby Drama Taught Me About Online Privacy

I was sitting on the cold hexagon tiles of my downstairs bathroom at 2:14 AM, the blue light of my phone illuminating a weird stain on my sweatpants that I was aggressively pretending was just yogurt. Leo was four months...

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Tired mom in a dark nursery looking at her phone while baby sleeps

What the Wendy Ortiz baby daddy drama gets right about parenting

The screen brightness on my phone is turned all the way down to a dull gray. Outside, the Chicago winter wind is doing that thing where it sounds like a dying animal against the windowpanes. It's two in the morning....

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Exhausted mother scrolling on phone with sleeping toddler in the background

Why We Are Obsessed With The Homeless Billionaire Baby Daddy

My mother-in-law told me I just needed to pray harder to find my village. The lactation consultant at the hospital said I needed to schedule self-care in fifteen-minute increments. My best friend, three margaritas deep, told me to just download...

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A tired dad holding his 11-month-old baby while googling celebrity gossip on his phone in a dark room.

The Amber Heard Baby Daddy Mystery & My 3AM Google Rabbit Hole

It's exactly 3:14 AM. My 11-month-old son, who we'll refer to as Baby D to protect his future digital footprint, has decided that sleeping through the night is a legacy feature he no longer supports. I'm pacing the hardwood floor...

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A mom folding laundry while her baby plays on a wooden play mat

Spoiled By My Billionaire Baby Daddy: The Real Truth About Luxury

I was standing at the kitchen island at eleven o'clock last night, aggressively scrubbing dried sweet potato off a highchair tray with a sponge that had definitely seen better days, when my phone auto-played a clip from that ridiculous viral...

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Keke Palmer baby daddy drama inspired this messy survival guide for co-parenting

What Keke Palmer Baby Daddy Drama Taught Me About Boundaries

I'm sitting on the cold tile floor of my sister’s bathroom at 2 AM, wearing yesterday’s yoga pants with a weird yogurt stain on the knee, holding a lukewarm cup of coffee I've literally microwaved three times. My sister is...

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Pregnant woman in hospital scrubs holding a medical chart

Dr Boss is My Baby Daddy: The Real Workplace Pregnancy Guide

My mother told me to buy oversized scrubs and pretend nothing was happening until my water broke on the linoleum. My charge nurse pulled me into a supply closet and said to demand light duty the second the second line...

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A tired mom holding a baby bag and looking at her phone

The uncomfortable baby daddy meaning in modern co-parenting

The waiting room of pediatric cardiology smells like industrial floor cleaner and stale terror. I was sitting there last Tuesday, balancing my squirming toddler on one hip while trying to fill out a medical history form with my non-dominant hand....

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