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What Is A Baby Boomer? A Survival Guide to Modern Grandparents

Don't, under any circumstances, pull up a PDF from the NHS while your father is trying to demonstrate how to properly swaddle an infant using a terrifyingly thick, incredibly scratchy polyester quilt from 1982. I did this during our first...

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The Generational Divide: Parenting With the Baby Boom Crowd

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen wearing a pair of maternity leggings that I had definitely spilled oat milk on three days prior, clutching a mug of coffee that had been reheated...

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How Old Are Baby Boomers? A Dad's Guide to Grandparent Rules

"Put the quilt down, Mom." I was standing in the doorway of the nursery at 8:00 PM, physically blocking my mother's path to the crib like a bouncer at a deeply uncool nightclub. She was holding a blanket that weighed...

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What the Baby Boom Generation Actually Got Right About Parenting

I was sitting on the edge of the guest bathroom bathtub at 3:17 AM in a pair of gray college sweatpants that smelled vaguely like sour milk and desperation, crying over an Excel spreadsheet. Literally. I was aggressively typing Maya's...

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The Baby Boomers Age Range: Why Grandparents Think We're Neurotic

"Put a spot of whiskey on their gums," my father-in-law suggested casually, sipping his tea while watching Twin A attempt to violently gnaw her way through our oak coffee table. Later that same Tuesday, my mother informed me via text...

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The Sandwich Generation Bug: Debugging Babies and Aging Parents

I was standing in my kitchen at 6:15 AM yesterday, holding a screaming 11-month-old in my left arm while using my right hand to reset my 72-year-old dad's iPad password for the third time this week. He was frustrated because...

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What The Baby Boom Years Actually Taught Me About Motherhood

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently hiding in the downstairs half-bath. It's Tuesday, 4:13 PM. You're wearing those black maternity leggings that you definitely shouldn't still be wearing because Leo is four years old, and there's a...

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The Truth About Boomer Grandparents And Modern Baby Care

Listen, put a little whiskey on his gums, beta. That was my great-aunt at a family wedding last month. He needs to sleep on his stomach or he'll choke on his spit-up. That was my mother-in-law, hovering over the bassinet...

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My 2 AM Fight About the Baby Boomer Age Range and Safe Sleep

The radiator in our Chicago apartment was hissing that dry, rhythmic sound it only makes in late January. It was two in the morning. I was standing in the doorway of the nursery, rubbing my eyes, watching my mother try...

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