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Let's talk about the baby einstein aquarium and infant sleep

My mother-in-law sat at my kitchen island and told me those glowing plastic fish were the only reason my husband ever slept through the night in the early nineties. My doctor looked at my meticulously tracked sleep logs, sighed, and...

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Spotting Baby Ear Infection Symptoms In The Middle Of The Night

It was 2:14 AM and I was standing in the dark hallway swaying like a zombie while my second kid, Wyatt, aggressively yanked on his left earlobe and screamed into my collarbone. I remember staring at the shadow of the...

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Dear Past Marcus: Surviving Solids With Baby Lemon Impossible Pies

I'm currently scraping a cemented, neon-yellow blob of crust off the exact midpoint of our kitchen floor at 3 AM using an old credit card. It’s stuck to the hardwood like industrial adhesive. This is my life now. Dear Marcus...

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Dear Priya: The messy truth about feeding a buttermilk baby

Listen. You're currently standing in the dairy aisle at Patel Brothers, staring at the cartons of cultured buttermilk and traditional chaas, having a mild internal crisis. Your mom has been asking for weeks when her precious granddaughter can finally have...

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That Terrifying BRUE Baby Glitch: What I Wish We Hadn't Done

Whatever you do, please don't pick up your kid and shake them like a defective Wi-Fi router when they suddenly go completely limp, which is exactly the panicked instinct I had to fight back at 2:14 AM last Tuesday. My...

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Surviving the First Night With a Clubfoot Baby (and What Comes Next)

It was exactly 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing maternity leggings that were literally disintegrating at the thighs and Dave’s old college hoodie that smelled faintly of sour milk and desperation. We were three months into this...

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Why You Can Stop Panicking About Your Bow Legged Baby

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the sticky kitchen floor at 3:14 PM in those gray sweatpants with the mysterious yogurt stain, literally holding a plastic ruler up to Leo’s calves while he tries to eat...

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Frustrated mom wiping her baby's crusty eye with an organic cotton round while the baby chews a teething toy

Dealing with a Blocked Tear Duct Baby (Without Losing Your Mind)

I was standing over my oldest son's bassinet at six in the morning, holding my breath the way you do when you're praying you didn't just wake the baby, when I saw it. His left eye was completely glued shut....

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Jess looking exhausted on the couch holding her baby while checking her phone

The Truth About Postpartum Anxiety and the bhad babie cancer News

My phone buzzed so hard it nearly vibrated right off the kitchen counter into a pile of smashed bananas. I was up to my elbows in dish soap, aggressively trying to scrape yesterday's dried oatmeal off the highchair tray, when...

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