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The Messy Truth About Acid Reflux In Babies: A Survival Guide

Dear Sarah of seven years ago, You're currently sitting on the bathroom floor in your husband’s gray college hoodie. It's 3:14 AM. You smell like sour yogurt, desperation, and whatever that weird metallic scent is that babies get when they’re...

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Finding The Perfect Baby Goat Name For Toys and Nursery Themes

My mother-in-law told me I had to do a woodland nursery because farm animals "smell like chores." My neighbor Sarah insisted I buy raw milk from her cousin's pasture because "commercial formula is a scam." And my mom just dropped...

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The Brutal Truth About Baby Guinea Pigs Nobody Tells Parents

The teenager behind the counter at the pet store was casually explaining to a mother that if she touched her new baby guinea pig, the mother pig would smell human on the baby and eat it. I had to physically...

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Why a baby jaguar book fixed our worst speech therapy meltdowns

We were sitting on the living room rug surrounded by flashcards when he just stopped trying. My toddler had his mouth open, a tiny little gasp of air caught in his throat, his face turning a blotchy red while he...

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Dear Past Priya: The Truth About Baby Looney Tunes

Dear Priya from last November. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery in our Logan Square apartment at three in the morning. The radiator is making that terrifying clanking noise again. The baby has a mild fever from...

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Notes to myself six months ago on surviving the baby M phase

It's 3:14 in the morning and you're staring at the glow of the humidifier like it holds the answers to the universe. Outside, the Chicago wind is rattling the bedroom window, but inside, all you can hear is the frantic,...

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The brutal truth about sunscreen for babies and summer safety

I'm sitting on the sand at Oak Street Beach with a three-month-old who looks like a poorly powdered donut. The wind is whipping off Lake Michigan. I'm holding a tube of thick white zinc oxide paste, trying to coat my...

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Dear Past Me: The Real Truth About Finding A Local Baby Cafe

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. You're sitting in the passenger seat of your sister's 2018 Subaru Outback, wearing those black leggings with the tiny hole in the left knee, balancing a sweating, lukewarm half-caff iced Americano between your...

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The baby registry target reality check: What you actually need

"You don't need anything except a box of diapers and some onesies," my mother-in-law announced over her Pinot Grigio at my baby shower, which was aggressively unhelpful considering I was already sweating through my maternity leggings. Then my best friend...

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