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What's a Nepo Baby? Raising Hard Workers in a Privileged World

It was ninety-eight degrees in July, smelling heavily of cheap sunscreen and chlorine, when I realized I had created a monster. My four-year-old, Beau, was clinging to the edge of the community pool screaming bloody murder while the other kids...

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What Is A Baby Booter? Decoding My Late Night Parenting Typos

I'm currently sitting on my living room rug matching tiny socks in the dark, trying desperately to keep my eyes open. Out here in the rural Texas hill country, 2 AM is incredibly quietβ€”just the hum of the AC, a...

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Debugging the Baby Brezza Bottle Sterilizer: An Honest Dad Review

At 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, I was standing over a pot of violently boiling water with a pair of silicone salad tongs, trying to fish out a breast pump flange without melting my fingerprints off. My wife was...

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Tired mom looking in the rearview mirror wondering about postpartum wrinkle treatments

The Honest Truth About Postpartum Baby Botox For Mothers

It was ninety-eight degrees in the Target parking lot, my three-year-old was actively trying to liberate himself from his five-point harness using a rogue pretzel stick, and the baby was screaming a pitch that I'm fairly certain violated several local...

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A half-folded stroller shoved into the trunk of a car next to a diaper bag.

The brutal truth about buying a stroller and car seat travel system

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery surrounded by cardboard boxes and packing styrofoam. You're quietly crying because the plastic adapters for the infant car seat don't seem to fit the stroller...

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Finding Good Baby Care Near Me: A Mom's Honest Survival Guide

I was sitting in the driver's seat of our 2014 Honda CRVβ€”which my husband affectionately calls the baby car because it smells permanently of sour milk and crushed Cheeriosβ€”crying into my steering wheel. My oldest was exactly three weeks old,...

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Surviving the Absurdity of the High Street Baby Clothes Shop

The front door of β€˜Little Spindles’—an aggressively minimalist boutique in Islington that smells overwhelmingly of lavender and parental insecurityβ€”was exactly three inches narrower than my Out 'n' About double buggy. I know this because I spent an excruciating four minutes...

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Why My Designer Tote Almost Ruined My Spine (And What I Pack Now)

It's 2:14 PM on a Tuesday in 2017, and I'm sitting in the front seat of my Honda CR-V in a Target parking lot, sobbing into a half-eaten sleeve of stale graham crackers. Maya is three months old. I'm wearing...

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The Autocomplete Trap And Keeping Kids Off The Weird Internet

My phone slipped out of my hand and hit the kitchen tile at exactly 2:14 p.m. yesterday. I was trying to type baby doll into a search bar to find a birthday gift for my niece. The internet, in its...

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