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Pediatric nurse perspective on the Morgan Wallen baby mama co-parenting and hospital bag prep.

The Morgan Wallen Baby Mama Drama And Real Co-Parenting Truths

Listen, the biggest lie the internet feeds us is that separated parents magically morph into these enlightened beings who cheerfully hand off a toddler over matcha lattes on a Sunday morning. I've worked enough pediatric triage shifts to know the...

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Exhausted mom trying to lower a sleeping baby into a crib without triggering the startle reflex.

How to Survive the Moro Reflex in Babies Without Losing Your Mind

It’s two in the morning in 2019, and I'm hovering over a bassinet with my oldest, Jackson, holding my breath until my lungs actually burn. I’ve done the sway, the aggressive shushing, the hour-long rocking chair marathon, and he's finally...

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The Unfiltered Shift From Mother To Baby: What I Actually Learned

I'm currently staring at a dried crust of spit-up on my left shoulder that has been there since Tuesday, and honestly, I don't have the energy to change my shirt. I’m bouncing my youngest on my hip while trying to...

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Why Muppet Babies Is The Only Reboot I Tolerate

It's exactly 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and my 11-month-old son is attempting to aggressively eat the Roku remote. I'm running on three hours of fragmented sleep and half a cup of cold, day-old pour-over coffee. The biggest myth they...

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My baby my baby: Sorting through the noise of the first year

The car ride home from the hospital is the longest thirty minutes of your life. Every pothole feels like a personal threat. Once you cross the threshold of your home, the reality sets in. On my first day back, my...

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The truth about being my baby's daddy: A first-time dad log

I'm currently staring at my 11-month-old daughter while she aggressively tries to jam a wooden block into my lukewarm coffee mug. The biggest lie they tell you about fatherhood is that the "dad instincts" will automatically download into your brain...

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Why the new mexico teen kills baby boy headline broke my brain

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're sitting in the nursery glider right now. The house in Chicago is freezing, the radiator is hissing, and your baby boy is finally asleep in his crib. You just opened your phone because...

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Two exhausted parents looking at their tiny newborn twins in a London flat

A Desperate Letter to Myself About Surviving Newborn Babies

Dear Tom from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the edge of the sofa at 3:14 AM, wearing a dressing gown that smells fiercely of sour milk and something I can only describe as biological despair. One of the...

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Tired dad staring at a massive stack of newborn baby diapers.

System Error: What I Wish I Knew About Newborn Diapers

Dear Marcus from eleven months ago. You're currently standing in the Target diaper aisle, holding your phone open to a highly formatted Google Sheet. You have calculated that based on an average output of 8.4 voids per day, you need...

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