Why searching blue baby isaac at 2am will terrify you
It was 3 a.m. in our Chicago townhouse, the exact hour when every shadow in the nursery looks like a critical medical emergency. I was standing over the crib, staring at my four-month-old son's mouth, convinced his upper lip looked...
My Unhinged, Exhausting Search For The Best Glass Baby Bottles
I was standing in my kitchen at 3:14 AM wearing my husband Danβs college sweatpants that had a questionable mustard stain on the knee, holding a supposedly pristine, top-of-the-line glass bottle while Maya screamed in the other room. I was...
Why I Threw Out My Popular Baby Seat (And Got The Upseat)
It was 10:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at my five-month-old son, Leo, who looked exactly like a tiny, extremely drunk man slumped at a bar at last call. He was sittingβor rather, sinkingβinto one of those...
Exactly When Can Babies Eat Food According To A Tired ER Nurse
My mother-in-law was standing in my Chicago kitchen holding a cardboard box of rice cereal like it was some sort of ancient religious artifact. She kept telling me my four-month-old needed a heavy scoop of it mixed into his nighttime...
When Do Babies Finally Learn To Hold Their Own Bottle?
It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing a stained College of Charleston t-shirt that smelled heavily of sour milk and sheer exhaustion. Leo, who was about five months old at the time, was doing this infuriating...
Baby Mel Queries: Decoding Late-Night Infant Sleep Searches
It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the nursery was exactly 69.4 degrees. I know this because I've a Bluetooth-enabled hygrometer strapped to the wall, which I refresh obsessively like I'm monitoring server uptime. My son, currently eleven months...
The completely unglamorous truth about baby milk
You're standing in your kitchen at 3 AM holding a plastic container of white liquid up to the harsh microwave light. The baby is screaming in the other room. You're trying to remember if the water was supposed to go...
Surviving the Absolute Chaos of Your Baby First Food Milestone
There's a very specific sound that pureed sweet potato makes when it hits a freshly painted Victorian ceiling, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that it resembles a wet golf ball striking mud. I was standing in our...
What I Wish I Knew About The Great Cow's Milk Transition Phase
Dear Jess from exactly six months ago. I see you standing in the dairy aisle at the local HEB, staring at the red cap on a gallon of whole milk like itβs a radioactive artifact. You're sweating through your favorite...