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The Truth About Baby Ladybugs (And When Your Kid Eats One)

I was sitting on our patchy backyard lawn in my stained grey sweatpants, holding a mug of coffee that had been microwaved three times since 6 AM, when Maya ate her first bug. She was about eight months old, right...

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The Honest Truth About Switching to Neutral Baby Clothing Basics

I'm standing in my laundry room right now, staring at a hot pink, tulle-skirted monstrosity that says "Daddy's Little Princess" in scratchy sequins. My oldest daughter wore it exactly once. She screamed for forty-five minutes straight until her face was...

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The Kentucky Cheerleader Case and My Postpartum Wake-Up Call

I was sitting cross-legged on the linoleum floor of my laundry room at 3:14 AM, aggressively folding a pile of those impossibly tiny baby socks that somehow always lose their mates, when the headline popped up on my phone screen....

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Surviving Your Own Lil Baby Tour 2025 Without Losing Your Sanity

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of your Chicago apartment, surrounded by piles of tiny socks that don't match. The radiator is hissing. It's two in the morning, and you're trying to figure out...

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Mustela Baby Skincare: A Letter To My Exhausted Past Self

You're sitting on the cold hexagon tiles of our Chicago bathroom right now. It's three in the morning. The baby is screaming in the tub. His skin looks like an angry, red topographic map of the Rockies, and you're staring...

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Exhausted mom holding a tiny premature infant with medical tape on their face in a hospital room.

The Conflicting Advice About Having A NICU Baby That Broke Me

I was standing by the ridiculously deep metal scrub sink at 3:14 AM when I realized I was completely, utterly paralyzed by other people's opinions. My mother-in-law had just texted me: Let her rest, touch overstimulates them right now. The...

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Why I Threw Out My First Baby’s Clothes for Organic Cotton

I was sitting on the floor of my Texas laundry room last Tuesday, elbow-deep in a plastic storage bin labeled "0-6 Months," when I pulled out a stiff, neon-orange "Daddy's Little Monster" onesie I bought for my oldest kid five...

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Is Rosemary Safe for Babies? A Mom's Honest Story

I was staring at a twenty-four dollar bottle of "all-natural botanical" baby massage oil in my kitchen trash can at two in the morning while my oldest son, Beau, screamed bloody murder in the other room. His tiny back was...

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A Letter To My Past Self: When Can Babies Hold Their Head Up

Dear Past Sarah, You're currently sitting on the faded gray IKEA rug in the living room, the one that already has a weird stain on it from when the dog threw up last Tuesday. You're wearing Mark's old college sweatshirtβ€”the...

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