When Do Babies Get Measles Vaccine? A Portland Dad's Guide
I was sitting in Dr. Lin's examination room with a color-coded spreadsheet printed on actual paper, which should tell you everything about my mental state at the time. My daughter was six months old, we were exactly three weeks out...
When to Take a Baby With RSV to the Hospital: A Nurse's Guide
I usually sit in the dark next to the crib at 2 AM, listening to my toddler breathe like a congested pug, and think about all the terrified first-time parents I used to triage. Back when I wore scrubs instead...
Alexa, Stop: Navigating The Yes Baby Madison Beer Lyrics Trap
Dear Jess from last October. I know you're currently up to your elbows in mismatched socks, feeling pretty smug because the kids are actually playing quietly in the den for once. You think you've got this whole mothering-three-kids-under-five thing figured...
The Truth About The Sims 4 Sugar Baby Mod
The milk was boiling over on my sister's stove when I saw it. I was standing in her Chicago kitchen, bouncing my toddler on my hip while trying to salvage the chai, and her fourteen-year-old stepdaughter was clicking away on...
Palace Confirms Baby Number 4 Rumors: The Reality of Four Kids
It was three in the morning, Chicago was freezing, and I was pinned under the dead weight of my toddler while doomscrolling TikTok. The blue light was burning my retinas when a robotic AI voice read a headline over a...
The Real Baby Mama Cast: Surviving Postpartum Without Hollywood
It's 3:14 in the morning. You're covered in sour milk, eating a piece of cold toast over the kitchen sink, and watching a rerun of some mid-2000s comedy on cable. The one with the famous comedic actresses. You look at...
The absolute disaster of putting your infant in a fancy baby dress
We're at my sister-in-law's house in Naperville for a holiday party. My daughter is four months old and I've wrestled her into a heavily embroidered, synthetic silk baby dress that cost more than my first stethoscope. She looks like a...
Dear past Priya: the truth about your baby changing pad setup
It's 3:14 in the morning and you're staring at a mustard-colored stain that has somehow defied gravity. The Chicago winter is rattling the windowpanes, the radiator is hissing, and you're holding a screaming infant at arm's length. Dear Priya from...
The Michelin Man Dilemma: Why Puffy Winter Baby Suits Terrify Me
November 2022. It's three degrees above freezing in the Sainsburyβs car park, a uniquely British kind of damp cold that seeps directly into your bones. I'm sweating profusely through a thin t-shirt while trying to forcefully fold my six-month-old daughter,...