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A tired mom in a messy bun holding a congested baby wrapped in an organic cotton blanket.

Surviving The RS Virus With A Baby: What I Wish I Knew Sooner

I was wearing my husband’s college track sweatpants—the ones with the embarrassing hole right at the knee—and a t-shirt that literally smelled like sour milk and desperation. It was 3:14 AM on a freezing Tuesday in November. Maya was four...

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Why the she gon call me baby boo meme is stressing moms out

My mother-in-law told me the twitching was a severe vitamin D deficiency. The millennial dad at the park said it was a highly sophisticated piece of Gen Alpha performance art. My pediatrician just sighed, rubbed his temples, and mumbled something...

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That 3 AM "Sherry Baby" Google Search That Actually Saved My Sanity

It was 3:14 AM and I was wearing a pair of gray sweatpants that had a mysterious crusty stain on the left knee which could have been spit-up or maybe hummus from two days ago. The biggest lie they tell...

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Exhausted mom drinking coffee while teaching the milk gesture using sign language for babies in a messy kitchen.

My Utterly Chaotic, Milk-Stained Guide To Sign Language For Babies

It’s 5:43 AM on a Tuesday in November. I'm wearing my husband Dave’s stained gray sweatpants and a maternity tank top that I’m pretty sure has been inside-out since Sunday. Maya is exactly eight months and two days old, and...

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Surviving the Messy Truth of the Suki Waterhouse Baby Era

I was exactly four days postpartum with my oldest, wedged awkwardly between the toilet and the bathtub in my rural Texas house, trying to angle my phone so the giant hospital-grade pad wouldn't show in the mirror. I had seen...

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That Accidental Internet Search Disaster & Why We're Going Unplugged

I was sitting in my worn-out nursing chair at two in the morning, practically cross-eyed with exhaustion, balancing my phone on my sleeping three-month-old's forehead while I tried to stay awake. My teenage niece had been at the house earlier,...

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The Totally Unfiltered Truth About Raising a Newborn Baby Girl

I spent the first forty-eight hours of my oldest daughter's life absolutely terrified I was going to break her lady parts. I’m just gonna be real with you—the hospital nurses were wiping her down like it was no big deal,...

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A tired mom holding a tin of infant powder and a cup of cold coffee in her kitchen.

Why The Nestle Baby Formula Drama Has Me Completely Stressed

My sister was sitting on my kitchen floor yesterday, absolutely sobbing over a tin of white powder while her six-week-old screamed in a bouncy seat, and honestly, I've never felt more seen. I was standing there in my yoga pants...

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Twin toddlers stacking wooden blocks in a London living room while their dad drinks cold coffee

A London Dad's Nepo Baby Definition: Toddlers and Privilege

We're twenty-two minutes into the great Tupperware standoff of a rainy Tuesday morning. Maya is sitting on the rug, red-faced, grunting, and aggressively trying to pry the blue plastic lid off her container of blueberries. It's taking her forever, and...

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