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Best Bottles for Breastfed Babies: A Messy Transition Story

We were sitting in booth 42 at the Olive Garden off Interstate 35, and I was actively ruining everyone's lunch. My oldest son was four weeks old, screaming at a pitch that I'm pretty sure shattered a breadstick, and my...

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Jess's messy kitchen counter showing a bottle sterilizer next to clean silicone teethers and glass bottles

My Honest Journey to Finding the Best Baby Bottle Sterilizer

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing over a pot of rolling boiling water with a pair of metal kitchen tongs, desperately trying to fish out a pump flange before it melted to the bottom of...

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How to Choose a Baby Bottle Warmer Without Losing Your Mind

I distinctly remember standing in my kitchen at 3:14 AM with my oldest kid screaming his lungs out in the other room. I was staring bleary-eyed at a frozen bag of breastmilk, listening to the hum of the refrigerator, and...

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Note to past Tom: Getting the baby brezza sterilizer sorted

Dear Tom of six months ago, It's currently 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I know exactly what you're doing. You're standing in the kitchen in your oversized grey joggers, staring bleary-eyed into a rolling boil of tap water on...

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Why I Finally Gave In and Bought a Baby Bottle Washer

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in November, and my knuckles were literally bleeding. I was standing in my dark kitchen wearing a gray nursing tank that hadn't seen the inside of a washing machine since the Obama administration,...

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The Honest Guide to Finding the Best Baby Bottles for Your Baby

It was 2:14 AM, the Texas summer heat was somehow still radiating through the walls, and I was standing in my kitchen in a milk-stained t-shirt having a full-blown breakdown over fifteen tiny pieces of plastic. My oldest, Carter, was...

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The Baby Bottle Pop Hack That Actually Works (And What Fails)

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold kitchen tiles at 2:14 AM wearing that grey Def Leppard t-shirt—the one with the hole in the left armpit that smells vaguely like old French roast and pure...

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Dear Past Sarah: The Ugly Truth About Glass Baby Bottles

Dear Past Sarah. Yes, you. The one sitting on the kitchen floor at 2:14 AM on a random Tuesday exactly six months ago. You’re wearing that gray fleece robe where the zipper is permanently stuck halfway down. You’re drinking Folgers...

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Why the Baby Brezza Bottle Washer Pro ruined my kitchen sink

It's 3:14 AM. The yellow glow of the kitchen extractor fan is casting long, dramatic shadows across the worktop, and my left sleeve is completely soaked in tepid, sour-smelling milky water because I didn't roll it up high enough. I'm...

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