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When Your Baby's Face is Red and Peeling: My Eczema Survival Story

I was sitting in my minivan in the HEB parking lot, crying over a steering wheel covered in crushed Cheerios, because the cashier had just asked me why I let my three-month-old get a severe sunburn in February. I hadn't,...

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What the Baby Dory Method Teaches Us About Resilient Kids

I'm sitting on my living room floor in Chicago watching a blue animated tang fish bump into a coral reef for the fortieth time today. My toddler is mesmerized by the screen. Half the moms in my playgroup think this...

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Dear Priya from six months ago about the baby doge trap

Listen. I know exactly where you're right now. You're sitting on the rug in the nursery at three in the morning with a squirming toddler who refuses to sleep, scrolling TikTok with your screen brightness turned all the way down....

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Messy pile of organic cotton baby clothes and a lukewarm iced coffee on a nursery rug.

Why I Stopped Buying Flashy Baby Designer Clothes

It was 2:14 in the morning on a Tuesday, and I was standing in Maya’s nursery wearing a nursing tank top that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation, holding my breath. She was three weeks old. My mother-in-law had...

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Pediatric nurse analyzing newborn sleep safety and celebrity baby trends

What the cardi b and stefon diggs baby teaches us about survival

I was standing in my dark kitchen at three in the morning, eating a cold samosa over the sink, when the photos dropped on my feed. The perfectly lit hospital bed, the flawless makeup, the custom football-themed swaddle wrapped around...

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A deeply tired dad holding a swaddled newborn while staring blankly at a smartphone.

The "Call Me Baby" Era: TikTok Trends vs Actual Newborn Survival

It was 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, and I was sitting on our violently stained nursing chair trying to remember if I had already burped Twin A, or if the loud noise I just heard came from my own...

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