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A messy baby covered in bright orange butternut squash puree sitting in a high chair

Dear Past Jess: The Butternut Squash Baby Food Survival Guide

Put the dull paring knife down, honey. Just lay it gently on the cutting board and step away from the counter before you end up in the rural Texas ER explaining to a very tired nurse how a vegetable completely...

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Confused mom looking at an iPad while her toddler plays with an organic cotton blanket

How searching for the best baby dragon evo decks cost me $142

It was Tuesday night, roughly 9:45 PM. I was standing in the kitchen wearing my husband Mark's gray sweatpants and a college t-shirt that literally still had dried oatmeal on the left shoulder from breakfast. I was holding my phone,...

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Exhausted mom looking at a tiny baby bottle next to her sleeping newborn.

The panic over your baby's stomach size (and why I lost my mind)

I was standing barefoot on the freezing kitchen tile at three in the morning, wearing these horrific mesh hospital underwear and a nursing bra that smelled entirely like sour milk and sheer desperation. It was November, so the house was...

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Mom mixing a bottle of organic baby formula in the kitchen

Why I switched to baby's only formula (and stopped stressing)

I was sitting on the floor of my laundry roomβ€”which doubles as the inventory storage for my Etsy shop, don't judgeβ€”holding my phone in one hand and a screaming two-month-old in the other. I had just asked three different people...

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Panicked mom looking at a broken amber baby necklace next to a wooden crib

The Day I Cut My Baby's Teething Necklace and Never Looked Back

I was standing over Beau’s crib holding a pair of tiny nail clippers, trying to decide if I had the nerve to trim his razor-sharp little claws while he slept, when my stomach completely dropped to the floor. He was...

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Messy pile of organic baby clothing on a nursery floor next to a half-empty coffee cup

What I Got Completely Wrong About Building My First Baby's Layette

I was standing in the middle of our driveway in a pair of Dave's gym shorts that I'd aggressively rolled down underneath my 38-week pregnant belly, holding a tiny, stiff denim jacket with functional metal buttons, and I was just...

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Mother holding baby in organic cotton bodysuit during church dedication

The Honest Guide to Surviving Your Baby's Dedication Service

We were standing in the third row of padded chairs, and my daughter was aggressively gnawing on a damp church bulletin. The pastor was three sentences into a long prayer about spiritual legacy, and all I could think about was...

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A mother holding her newborn baby securely in an ergonomic carrier

The truth about that Jenna baby nude photo uproar

My mother-in-law swore my baby needed three layers of wool at all times or he would catch a draft and perish instantly. A lactation consultant in a fluorescent hospital basement told me skin-to-skin meant I shouldn't wear a top for...

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Tired mom holding a coffee while looking at her phone in a messy living room

Taylor Swift And Baby That's Show Business For You: A Mom's Take

There's this massive, steaming pile of a myth out there that the second they put a squirming, screaming newborn on your chest in the hospital, your brain just instantly deletes all pop culture knowledge to make room for the lyrics...

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