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What I got wrong about the great baby bassinet debate

I was staring at the ceiling fan at three in the morning, calculating how many consecutive minutes of sleep I had logged since Tuesday. It was twenty-eight. Next to me, my daughter was grunting like a tiny, angry pug in...

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Why Everyone Is Searching for That Baby Assassins Movie (And Other ...

It was exactly 2:14 PM last Tuesday. I know this because I was staring at the microwave clock, wearing my husband Mark's grey college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the inexplicable bleach stain near the kneeβ€”and waiting for my third cup of...

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The Brutal Truth About Baby Allergy Medicine and Sniffles

I was standing under the humming fluorescent lights of a Walgreens at three in the morning with a rashy, congested toddler on my hip when I realized the biggest myth we all swallow about the pharmacy aisle. You know the...

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Navigating Baby Girl Showtimes: A Dad's Movie Survival Guide

My mother-in-law told me taking an infant to a movie theater would permanently short-circuit her developing brain. The guy who makes my oat milk cortado at the local coffee shop insisted that baby-friendly matinees are the only way new parents...

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January Newborn Survival: Forget the Baby Garnet Birthstone Myths

It's three in the morning and you're holding a screaming two-week-old in a freezing, dark room. You type something stupid into your phone because you're desperately trying to figure out if your January newborn's stubbornness is astrological. You search for...

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My Messy, Caffeinated Guide to Decoding Infant Nutrition

It was November 2017 and I was wearing my husband Mark’s oversized college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the bleach stain on the left thigh that he refuses to throw awayβ€”sitting completely paralyzed on our cold kitchen linoleum at 3:15 AM while...

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The Messy, Exhausting Truth About What It Takes To Adopt A Baby

I was sitting on the cold hexagonal bathroom tiles at 2:14 AM. The laptop was actually burning my thighs through Dave's gray Villanova sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the weird bleach stain on the knee from 2018. I had consumed three cups...

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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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Why I threw our smart baby heart monitor in the trash

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, raining sideways against our Portland windows, when the klaxon sounded. It wasn't a gentle beep. It was the specific, terrifying frequency of a submarine dive alarm broadcasting directly from my nightstand. My wife...

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