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What I Wish I Knew About The Great Cow's Milk Transition Phase

Dear Jess from exactly six months ago. I see you standing in the dairy aisle at the local HEB, staring at the red cap on a gallon of whole milk like it’s a radioactive artifact. You're sweating through your favorite...

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A tired mom sitting on a bathroom floor holding her baby while the hot shower runs.

Dear Jess: The Honest Truth About That Terrifying Midnight Cough

Dear Jess from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold linoleum of the guest bathroom at 2:14 AM, the hot shower is running full blast to make a makeshift steam room, and Leo is making a sound that...

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Exhausted mom holding a coughing baby during a late night nursery wake up

The 3 AM Panic: My Completely Honest Truth About Baby Cough Syrup

I was standing in my kitchen at 2:14 AM wearing a pair of sweatpants with a bleach stain on the thigh, holding my oldest son who was barking like a literal harbor seal. My Etsy shop had twenty open orders...

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The Baby Corn Cat Panic: A Letter to Myself on BLW & Felines

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold kitchen tiles at 7:14 AM wearing Mike's ratty Villanova hoodieβ€”the one with the suspicious, crusty stain on the left sleeve that might be yogurt but is probably something...

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Stressed mom holding a baby in a plain white bodysuit in a waiting room

The Brutal Reality of Baby Modeling: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand

I was sweating completely through my only clean maternity bra in a strip mall off I-35 in Dallas, holding a screaming eight-month-old while twelve other perfectly coifed infants stared at us in dead, judgmental silence. My oldest son, who's now...

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Exhausted mom holding a clingy baby in a wrap carrier in the kitchen.

Why Your Infant is Basically a Baby Monkey (And Why That's Okay)

It was 3:14 AM, and I was wearing a gray Target nursing tank that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation. My husband Dave was snoringβ€”not like a cute, rhythmic rumble, but this full-blown, windows-rattling snore that made me want...

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Pregnant mom packing a hospital bag and organic baby clothes for a baby moon

The Hilarious Truth About Planning a Baby Moon in the Real World

I was hunched over a Buc-ee's toilet somewhere off I-35, entirely convinced I was going to throw up my own spleen, when my husband tapped on the stall door and asked if we should start booking our baby moon. I’m...

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Why That Cute Baby Moose Is Actually A Hiking Nightmare

I was holding my breath so hard I thought I was going to pass out right there on the gravel trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. We had blown our vacation budget driving up from Texas just to get out...

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Tired dad holding a dosing syringe and baby medicine bottle under dim kitchen lighting.

The 3AM Kitchen Panic: Surviving the Baby Motrin Maths Test

There's a highly specific, deeply stressful kind of maths you only ever do at 3:17 in the morning, standing barefoot on a cold kitchen tile while a tiny, feverish human wails from the nursery. I usually have a sticky bottle...

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