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A stressed mother looking in her rearview mirror at an empty baby car seat

How to prevent a baby driver death and beat parenting autopilot

It was 2017, I was wearing these horrific grey maternity leggings that I refused to throw away even though Maya was already ten months old, and I was sitting at a red light on 4th Avenue with iced coffee literally...

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Orbit Baby G5 Stroller: A Letter to My Exhausted Past Self

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently standing in the Jewel-Osco parking lot on Southport. The wind is doing that thing where it physically hurts your face. Your C-section incision feels like it's unzipping, and you're contorting your spine...

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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 quiet—just the hum of the AC, a...

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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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The Ultimate Survival Guide For Your First Baby Driver Car Experience

The asphalt in the hospital parking lot was basically melting my flip-flops, and I was sitting in a wheelchair sobbing while my husband wrestled with a massive hunk of grey plastic. It was July in rural Texas. Jackson, our firstborn,...

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The Big Lie About Finding the Best Car Seat (And Surviving the Drive)

It was 98 degrees in a BuyBuyBaby parking lot—RIP to that store, honestly, I spent half my pregnancy wandering those aisles in a daze—and I was sweating through my gray maternity leggings. You know, the ones from Target that always...

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Dear Past Priya: The Truth About Infant Car Seats

You're currently sitting on the garage floor in your maternity leggings. There's a half-eaten granola bar on the bumper of the Honda, the manual for the convertible seat is open to page forty-two, and you're quietly crying because the little...

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The Freezing Car Seat Meltdown And The Winter Gear Fix

Listen. It was negative four degrees in Chicago, the kind of cold that physically hurts your face, and I was losing a wrestling match with an infant in a Honda CRV. My son was three months old. I had dressed...

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The Hudson Meek Baby Driver Tragedy and Car Safety Wake-Up Calls

I was doing about 55 down FM 1431 with my three kids in the back of my Honda Odyssey, singing along to some Disney garbage to keep the peace, when I heard the unmistakable, heavy thunk of a car door...

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