Magazine

A messy toddler holding a cold-pressed fruit pouch in a wooden high chair.

What I Wish I Knew About Once Upon a Farm Baby Food

Listen to me, Jess from six months ago. You're standing in the grocery store aisle with three kids hanging off the cart, staring at a little mini-fridge section that definitely wasn't there when you had your first baby. You're tired,...

Read more

Mother sitting on bathroom floor looking stressed while scrolling on her phone

Why the Nirvana baby made me delete my entire Instagram feed

Hey Jess from last October. You're sitting on the bath mat right now, aren't you? The kids are miraculously distracted by an empty Amazon box in the hallway, your coffee is cold on the sink, and your thumb is hovering...

Read more

Tired mom filling out birth certificate paperwork on a hospital bed

What nobody tells you about the most popular baby names 2024

My mother-in-law told me I had to pick an astrologically aligned name or my son's digestion would be ruined forever. The lactation consultant at shift change whispered that giving a kid an 'A' name makes them aggressive. Then my husband's...

Read more

Mother wearing baby in carrier while walking through a parking lot

The Truth Behind the Missing Baby Yucaipa Panic

The rain was pounding on the windshield of my Honda Odyssey in a Chicago Target parking lot. I was sitting there with the engine idling, watching my toddler sleep in his car seat, dreading the moment I had to wake...

Read more

A tired mom sitting on a beige rug drinking coffee while looking stressed at her phone.

Why The Margot Robbie Baby Philosophy Is Actually Pure Genius

I was sitting on my tragic beige living room rug at 3:14 AM wearing a visibly stained nursing bra and my husband Dave's oversized college sweatpants, crying into a lukewarm mug of decaf coffee. I was fully sobbing because my...

Read more

A tired mom holding a coffee mug while adjusting a beige linen carrier

Dear Sarah: The Truth About The Viral Mabe Baby Carrier

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're sitting on the living room rug in those embarrassing gray maternity leggings you absolutely refuse to throw out, staring at a pile of beige linen and black buckles. You're on your third...

Read more

Tired mom holding a teething baby chewing on a silicone squirrel teether

When Do Babies Teeth? An Honest Timeline For Exhausted Parents

I was standing in the checkout line at Trader Joe's in 2019, balancing a frozen pizza on my hip because I didn't grab a cart, when the contradictory advice started. Maya was about five months old, wearing a mustard yellow...

Read more

A six month old baby doing the wobbly tripod sit on a playmat while holding a teether

The Messy Truth About When Your Baby Finally Learns to Sit Up

I was sitting on the cold linoleum floor of a slightly damp church basement wearing yoga pants that hadn’t seen a yoga studio since Obama was in office, staring at a six-month-old named... Brayden? Jayden? Let's go with Jayden. Jayden...

Read more

A tired dad looking at a laptop while holding a baby

What An Overdue Celebrity Baby Taught My Debugging Brain

The time was 3:14 AM, and the only sound in our Portland apartment was the rhythmic, aggressive squeak of a purple yoga ball against the hardwood floor. My wife was violently bouncing on it, trying to physically dislodge our stubbornly...

Read more