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Exhausted mom holding her wide awake perky baby in a dark nursery

Perky baby what we finna do: A late-night letter to my past self

Dear Jess from six months ago, I know exactly where you're right now. You're sitting on the edge of the glider at 2:13 AM, wearing that oversized faded tee with the spit-up stain on the shoulder, staring at your third...

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My Brutally Honest Take on a Moses Basket for Baby

The heater in our third-floor Chicago walk-up clanked three times before kicking on, masking the sound of my own shallow breathing. We had just walked through the front door after three days at Rush University Medical Center. My husband dropped...

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Reality Check: What Love Is Blind's Megan Got Right About Postpartum

"Sleep when the infant sleeps," my grandmother told me at my baby shower, sipping her sweet tea. "Hire a postpartum doula for fifty dollars an hour to do your laundry," said a girl I went to college with who now...

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A tired dad trying to button a baby sleepsuit while holding a coffee mug

Surviving the 3 AM Nappy Change: A Guide to Magnetic Clothing

Whatever you do, please don't buy the thirty-pack of traditional popper-fastened sleepsuits just because they look like a spectacular bargain on the internet. I did this. I thought I was being incredibly clever, outsmarting the entire infant apparel industry by...

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Tired mom holding a crying baby looking at the clock at 3 AM

When Do Babies Sleep 7pm to 7am? A Tired Mom's Truth

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in mid-November, and I was standing in the middle of the nursery wearing a pair of maternity sweatpants that had a questionable yogurt stain on the thigh, rage-scrolling Instagram with my thumb while...

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A tired dad staring suspiciously at a glowing plastic baby monitor on a shelf

How the xiaoxia-baby webcam recorded my worst parenting moment

My mother-in-law firmly believes that baby monitors emit a mysterious frequency that turns infants into sleeper agents. My mate Dave, who treats fatherhood like a tactical military operation in hostile territory, insisted I needed a Β£300 dual-band Wi-Fi camera with...

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Why We Tore Down The Nursery Walls At 3 AM For Blue Paper

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at a wall painted a shade the DIY shop had optimistically called 'Sunshine Morning' but which, in the harsh glow of a dimmable nightlight, looked more like 'Aggressive Custard'....

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A tired mother holding a newborn baby wrapped in a bamboo blanket

What I Actually Learned From The Mother Baby Nurse On My Worst Night

It was 4:12 AM and I was sitting on the cold hexagon tiles of my bathroom floor, leaking from literally everywhere. Maya was exactly four days old. My older kid, Leo, who was three at the time, was blessedly asleep...

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Why your newborn sounds like a tiny restless barnyard animal

It's three in the morning and you're hovering over the bassinet with your phone flashlight half-covered by your thumb. You're doing this because the tiny human you birthed is making noises that belong in a barnyard. It's a mix of...

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