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When Is It Safe to Give Your Baby a Blanket?
I was exactly three weeks into this whole motherhood gig when I almost gave myself a heart attack. My oldest son, Carterβwho exists mostly now as a walking cautionary tale for everything I did wrong as a first-time momβwas born...
When Do Babies Discover Their Feet: A Letter to My Anxious Self
Dear Priya from six months ago. You're sitting on the nursery rug at 3 AM. The glow of the humidifier is casting weird shadows on the wall, and your kid is lying flat on his back, staring at the ceiling...
Choosing an Easter Outfit Baby Girl Twins Won't Immediately Destroy
My index finger was entirely trapped in a web of cheap, synthetic tulle, and Florence was screaming with the specific, piercing pitch of a kettle that has been left to boil for far too long. We were exactly twenty minutes...
When Do Babies Switch To One Nap
I'm currently staring at a baby monitor that displays a room temperature of exactly 68.4 degrees and an 11-month-old standing in his crib, aggressively shaking the rails like a tiny, sleep-deprived prisoner. It's 10:15 AM. This is supposed to be...
A Dad's Tech Guide to Figuring Out When Is Baby Boi Dropping
It was 2:14 AM. The baby monitor was glowing with that sinister green night-vision hue that makes my eleven-month-old look like a paranormal entity trapped in a crib. My phone vibrated on the nightstand, blinding me with the lock screen....
When to Move Baby to Their Own Room Without Losing Your Mind
I was standing in the Target baby aisle holding a three-pack of pacifiers and staring blankly into space when it happened. Maya was about four months old, strapped to my chest in a carrier, blowing those aggressive little spit bubbles...
How to survive a woven baby wrap without losing your mind
I was standing in the hallway at two in the morning. Maya was screaming the kind of red-faced scream that sets off your fight or flight response. I was holding a five-meter strip of linen like it was a giant...
The Truth About That First Xray of Baby Teeth (A Letter to Past Me)
Dear Jess from last October. I know exactly where you're right now. You're currently trapped in the waiting room of Dr. Evans' pediatric dental office, sweating entirely through your favorite vintage baby tee, watching Wyatt systematically dismantle a wooden bead...
The Yucaipa Case: Why Parking Lot Anxiety is Completely Real
Let me tell you what not to do. Don't try to manage a level-four diaper blowout on the slightly curved bumper of a compact SUV in the middle of a Target parking lot when the wind chill is hovering around...