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...
Gerber Baby Contest 2025: A British Twin Dad's Honest Photography G...
I'm currently holding a half-eaten rice cake just out of frame while frantically making a noise I can only describe as a dying pigeon, hoping at least one of the twins will look at the camera for a fraction of...
Troubleshooting Your Grinch Baby When Holiday Chaos Hits
I'm currently sweating through my favorite flannel shirt while attempting to stuff my eleven-month-old son into a synthetic, neon-green elf costume that has actual jingle bells aggressively sewn onto the collar. He is thrashing around like a fish on a...
Exactly How Many Baby Mamas Does Elon Musk Have? A Mom's Guide
Dear Jess from six months ago: put down the phone and step away from the billionaire gossip. I know exactly what you're doing right now. You're sitting in the dark in that creaky rocking chair, elbow-deep in the smell of...
The gloriously absurd reality of making a test tube baby in your 30s
"So," my Great-Aunt Maureen leaned in over a plate of increasingly stale buffet sandwiches at a family wedding, her voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "Are they test tube babies?" I looked down at my twin girls, who were currently...
Why Your Baby's Hands Are Always Cold (And Other Tiny Mysteries)
I was standing right in the middle of the produce section at H-E-B with my oldest, violently rubbing his tiny, ice-cold purple hands between my own, completely convinced I had somehow given my two-week-old frostbite in South Texas in late...
Is There Actually an Accurate Baby Gender Predictor Out There
At fourteen weeks pregnant, I went to a family dinner, stopped for coffee the next morning, and saw my obstetrician that afternoon. My mother-in-law took one look at my chin breakouts and declared I was carrying a girl who was...
The Total Chaos of Starting Baby First Foods at Six Months
It was 10:14 AM on a random Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen wearing a pair of faded grey maternity leggings that I absolutely should have retired six months prior. My first baby, Maya, was strapped into her...
Pacing the Kitchen Floor After That Tragic Baby Emmanuel News
The kitchen tiles are brutally cold at 3:14 am, especially when you're wearing only mismatched socks and a t-shirt heavily compromised by regurgitated milk. Florence, the twin who treats sleep as a personal insult, had been screaming for forty-five minutes...