Comforting Baby Loss Quotes: Finding Words When You're Grieving
"At least you know your plumbing still works!" That was my well-meaning but completely clueless aunt, standing way too close to my face in the hospital room while I was still wearing those god-awful mesh underwear and bleeding through a...
The Truth About That Baby Lip Tie Diagnosis You Just Googled
It was exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, I was wearing a grey nursing bra that smelled aggressively like sour milk and sheer desperation, and I was holding my phone about two inches from my three-week-old daughterβs face trying to...
Why a Baby Kicking Simulator Script Changed Our Playtime
I was up to my elbows in pureed butternut squash, desperately trying to convince two screaming two-year-olds that lunch was a necessary human function, when I glanced over at my nine-year-old nephew. He was visiting for the weekend, slouched on...
When the Pink Bubble Pops: Surviving the Baby Glinda Obsession
It was 7:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in the kitchen wearing my husband's stained college sweatpants, desperately trying to scrape dried oatmeal off the counter with my thumbnail, when Maya marched in. My seven-year-old had a...
The 4D Strip Mall Ultrasound Panic We Absolutely Did Not Need
The room smelled aggressively like vanilla plug-in air fresheners and shared a drywall boundary with a discount mattress store. I was sitting in a faux-leather theater recliner in the Portland suburbs, sweating through my t-shirt, while a woman who introduced...
Surviving the Five-Metre Fabric Trap of the Baby Wrap Sling
It was a drizzly Tuesday in the Lewisham Sainsbury's car park when I finally accepted defeat. I was standing next to the open boot of our Skoda, holding what appeared to be an endless, terrifyingly long ribbon of jersey cotton....
Real Talk About Baby Shower Captions and Social Media Etiquette
My mom told me to put my phone in a kitchen drawer and not post a single photo of my first pregnancy celebration because "the internet is full of weirdos." My Gen-Z cousin immediately grabbed my phone out of my...
What To Write In A Baby Shower Book (A Letter To My Stressed Self)
Dear Sarah from six months ago, I know exactly where you're right now. You're standing in Aisle 4 of the Target on Route 9, wearing those black Lululemon leggings with the crusty strawberry yogurt stain on the left knee that...
Can Your Baby Safely Sleep With a Pacifier? Let's Talk About It
It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at the grainy green screen of my video monitor like I was watching a bomb about to detonate. My oldest son, Wyatt, was three weeks old. He was fast...