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Exhausted mom holding crying baby with ear infection in a dark nursery

Spotting Baby Ear Infection Symptoms In The Middle Of The Night

It was 2:14 AM and I was standing in the dark hallway swaying like a zombie while my second kid, Wyatt, aggressively yanked on his left earlobe and screamed into my collarbone. I remember staring at the shadow of the...

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A half built wooden crib next to a very cold cup of coffee on the floor.

Surviving The Cast of Million Dollar Baby & Nursery Furniture

You're currently sitting on the floor of what used to be Dave's home office, wearing those gray maternity leggings with the yogurt stain on the left knee, crying into a lukewarm mug of decaf coffee. It's like, 11:45 PM on...

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Mom pulling a stroller wagon loaded with kids and baby gear at a local park.

The Brutally Honest Truth About the Viral Baby Trend Wagon Myth

It’s 98 degrees in the Target parking lot, and I'm sweating entirely through my shirt trying to aggressively shove a forty-pound cardboard box into the back of my minivan while my three-year-old licks a shopping cart handle. That box held...

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Raising a brainy baby naturally with simple toys and floor time.

Confessions on Raising a Brainy Baby Without Losing Your Mind

Dear Jess of six months ago: I see you sitting on the rug in our Texas living room, sweating through your shirt, surrounded by Mandarin language flashcards, trying to get a ten-week-old to focus on high-contrast black-and-white shapes while the...

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New Baby What You Wishing For? The Brutal Truth About The First Year

I'm standing in my tiny, unventilated bathroom at 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in November, wearing a pair of mesh hospital underwear that I've somehow managed to launder and reuse because I refuse to let them go, holding my firstborn,...

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Exhausted mom looking at a digital scale next to a sleeping newborn in a blue polar bear blanket.

Stop Crying Over Baby Weight: A Letter to My Sleep-Deprived Self

Dear Jess from six months ago, I see you. You're standing barefoot in the master bathroom at 3 AM. You're completely naked, holding a screaming, naked infant. You step on the cold digital scale, squinting in the dark to read...

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The Hilarious, Tear-Stained Baby Steps Story Every Mom Needs

There I was on my hands and knees in the middle of our living room, sweating through my third messy mom bun of the day, holding a half-eaten cheese stick like a carrot in front of a very stubborn fourteen-month-old....

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Mom holding her bottom-down baby in an organic Kianao bodysuit.

When Your Kid Folds in Half: Surviving a Frank Breech Baby Delivery

"Put a frozen bag of frozen peas on the top of your belly," my neighbor Shelly told me at the grocery store, cornering me between the canned beans and the tortillas. "Stand on your head in the swimming pool," my...

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Exhausted mom holding a crying baby in a beautifully decorated but unrealistic fluffy nursery setup.

Why Every Baby Stock Image Is Lying to You About Safe Sleep

I was sitting on the floor of Leo's nurseryβ€”which, by the way, was painted this color called "Sea Salt" that ultimately just looked like a bruised vein in the wrong lightβ€”sweating entirely through my third nursing bra of the day....

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