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The $1200 Stroller Lie and What You Actually Need
I was standing in a high-end Dallas baby boutique, six months pregnant with my first, staring at a $1,400 stroller that looked like a sleek European spaceship while my husband nervously checked our checking account balance on his phone. The...
Why Your Screaming Newborn Is Basically A Hairless Baby Toucan
I spent three solid months before my oldest was born painting his nursery the perfect shade of 'oatmeal' and buying tiny, stiff linen button-downs that cost more than my weekly grocery budget. My oldest kid is basically a walking cautionary...
Note to past Priya: The truth about the baby toon and choking
Dear Priya from last November. You're currently staring at a bowl of mashed sweet potato and sweating through your scrubs. Your hands are shaking because ten minutes ago he choked. Or you thought he choked. He went red, his eyes...
Dear Past Me: Everything I Wish I Knew About Cleaning A Tiny Tongue
Dear Past Sarah, It's 2 AM on a Tuesday. You're sitting on the living room rug, wearing that ancient Nirvana baby t-shirt from high schoolβyes, the one with the bleach hole near the hemβand you're frantically shining your iPhone flashlight...
Why Every Baby to Kid Meme Feels Like a Literal Personal Attack
I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub at 11:14 PM last night, staring blankly at the bathroom tiles while my three-year-old staged a sit-in protest on the bath mat because the water I used to wash his hair...
When You Realize That Milk on Your Baby's Tongue is Actually Thrush
It was 3:14 AM. I know the exact time because I had been staring at the glowing green numbers on our digital alarm clock while my oldest, Leoβwho was roughly six weeks old at the timeβscreamed into my collarbone. I...
How to Spot Real Baby Teething Symptoms (Without Losing Your Mind)
I was standing barefoot on the cold kitchen linoleum at 3:14 AM wearing a milk-stained baby tee from high school that had definitely seen better days, letting my six-month-old aggressively gnaw on my left index knuckle. My husband was practically...
Dear Past Marcus: A Warning About The Teething Firmware Update
Right now, you're sitting on the edge of the nursery rug in the dark. It's 2:14 AM. The baby is screaming with the intensity of a dial-up modem connecting to a bad server, and you're holding a digital thermometer that...
The Truth About Buying a Baby Taylor Guitar for Kids
I'm currently watching roughly three hundred and fifty quidβs worth of solid Sitka spruce being used as a battering ram against my Ikea coffee table. My twin daughters, who possess the combined destructive power of a small localized tornado, have...