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Wait, How Old Is Too Old To Have A Baby? The Messy, Honest Truth

I was sitting on our bathroom floor in my lucky, aggressively holey gray sweatpants, staring at a positive pregnancy test and doing frantic mental math. Maya was three, I was thirty-seven, and my husband Dave was downstairs making his incredibly...

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Exactly when do you feel baby kick: A very unscientific timeline

If you read the glowing, sepia-toned maternity forums, you’d think the very first time you feel a tiny foot move is a transcendent, magical event accompanied by a soaring acoustic guitar soundtrack. This is a spectacular lie. My wife was...

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The Emmanuel Haro Case: Facing The Real Threat To Our Babies

I was sitting on my living room floor knee-deep in a pile of shipping mailers for my Etsy shop, trying to desperately fold laundry with my other hand while the baby was miraculously asleep for five consecutive minutes, when the...

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Why Your Baby Needs Arugula (And How to Serve It Without Tears)

I was standing in my kitchen staring at a green-splattered cabinet while my mother-in-law clutched her coffee mug like a shield. I had just scraped a dollop of bright green puree onto my six-month-old's tray, and she looked at me...

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Why the wild baby lion parenting trend is completely exhausting

I'm standing in the produce aisle at Marianos while my two-year-old arches his back so hard he resembles a freshly caught trout. He's furious because I won't let him bite directly into a raw, unpeeled sweet potato. An older woman...

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Reality TV Sleep Advice vs. Rural Texas Parenting (62 chars)

I was three hours into a late-night doom scroll, balancing a sour-smelling burp cloth on my shoulder, when I dropped my phone flat on my face. I was reading some pop culture gossip trying to figure out if Sparkle Megan...

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Lil Baby My Turn: Surviving The 3 AM Parenting Night Shift

I'm standing in our kitchen at 2:13 AM, bathed in the sickly yellow glow of the microwave clock, staring at a slightly damp muslin cloth while holding a bottle that's somehow simultaneously burning hot on the outside and completely freezing...

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The Brutal Truth About Beanie Baby Value and Nursery Safety

I'm sitting on the freezing concrete floor of my parents' garage in the Chicago suburbs, staring at three massive plastic tubs filled with Princess Diana bears and tie-dye lobsters. My mom is standing over me, casually mentioning that this plastic...

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What Do Baby Bunnies Eat? A Texas Mom's Guide To Not Panicking

It was 10:43 on a Tuesday morning, I was knee-deep in packing tape trying to get my Etsy orders out before the mail carrier showed up, and my four-year-old son Tucker walked through the back door holding a dripping, muddy...

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