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The Truth About Pehr Nursery Gear (And What Actually Matters)

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant with my oldest, sweating through a maternity tank top in the middle of a brutal Texas July, just staring at a pile of nursery gifts on the floor that made me want to cry. My...

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What the Patrick Mahomes Baby Taught Me About Surviving Three

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of our laundry room, crying over a mountain of unmatched tiny socks while your two toddlers use your Etsy shipping boxes as a literal wrestling ring in the...

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Why I'm Raising My Panda Baby Without the Helicopter Hover

I'm currently watching my two-year-old drag a heavy oak dining chair all the way across the linoleum, wedge it violently against the kitchen island, and attempt to scale it like he's summiting Everest for a rogue Goldfish cracker that has...

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A Dad's Guide to Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs for BLW Beginners

I'm currently staring at a massive slab of raw pork on my kitchen counter while managing three very different, very aggressive text threads. My mother is suggesting I boil the meat until it turns into a gray, flavorless paste and...

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Surviving The RS Virus With A Baby: What I Wish I Knew Sooner

I was wearing my husband’s college track sweatpants—the ones with the embarrassing hole right at the knee—and a t-shirt that literally smelled like sour milk and desperation. It was 3:14 AM on a freezing Tuesday in November. Maya was four...

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The Truth About The Saja Boys Baby: A Midnight Panic Explained

My nineteen-year-old babysitter, Kaylee, texted me at 9 PM asking if my youngest was a "Saja fan." My mom, who overheard me reading the text out loud while folding a mountain of burp cloths, immediately warned me that loud foreign...

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Why I Finally Started Buying Serenity Kids Baby Food for Maya

I was sitting on my kitchen floor at exactly 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, wearing yoga pants that hadn’t seen the inside of a gym since Obama was in office, panic-Googling "arsenic in sweet potatoes" while Maya, who was about...

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The 3 AM Truth About Crying and Shaking Baby Syndrome

It was 3:14 on a Tuesday morning in November, and the rain was lashing against the single-glazed window of our flat in London, but I couldn’t hear it over the sound of my own teeth grinding. I was standing in...

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That 3 AM "Sherry Baby" Google Search That Actually Saved My Sanity

It was 3:14 AM and I was wearing a pair of gray sweatpants that had a mysterious crusty stain on the left knee which could have been spit-up or maybe hummus from two days ago. The biggest lie they tell...

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