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Pediatric nurse reviews global daily birth rates and hospital schedules

How Many Babies Are Born a Day: The Honest Math Behind Birth

My mother-in-law told me infants only arrive during full moons. My old charge nurse at Northwestern swore Tuesday mornings were a cursed tidal wave of inductions. And the cashier at Trader Joe's confidently informed me, while bagging my frozen samosas,...

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Mom packing bags for traveling with an infant while holding a cold cup of coffee

Surviving Your Own Lil Baby Tour 2025 Without Losing Your Sanity

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of your Chicago apartment, surrounded by piles of tiny socks that don't match. The radiator is hissing. It's two in the morning, and you're trying to figure out...

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Twin dad wearing a hip seat carrier while holding a toddler in London

The Brutal Truth About Hip Carriers From a Broken Twin Dad

Tuesday, 4:15 PM. The rain is pelting the roof of my battered estate car in the Waitrose car park. One twin is arching her back like an angry prawn, absolutely refusing to be extracted from her baby car seat. The...

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A tired mother holding a coughing baby in a dimly lit nursery

The brutal truth about baby cough medicine and what actually works

At 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, I was standing in my dark kitchen holding a thrashing, coughing toddler while my phone lit up with three different text threads. My mom was typing paragraphs about rubbing warm mustard oil on his...

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A toddler looking at a baby capybara in a zoo enclosure

Why a baby capybara is a terrible pet for your toddler

My sister-in-law texted me a video of a giant rodent eating a popsicle in a plastic wading pool with a message saying we needed to buy one immediately. Two hours later, a mom at the neighborhood park asked me in...

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Exhausted mom holding her sleeping newborn in a dim nursery

Let's talk about the newborn reality check with your baby baby

Listen. It's three in the morning and the white noise machine is making a rhythmic thumping sound that my sleep-deprived brain has somehow translated into that ancient baby baby justin bieber song. I'm staring at the ceiling fan, calculating exactly...

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A tired mother locking her car door from the inside while holding a sleeping infant.

The parking lot panic and the truth about keeping kids safe

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're sitting in the back of your Honda CR-V in the Target parking lot on Elston Avenue. The doors are locked. The engine is running. You're sweating through your grey scrub top. You just...

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Baby lying on a playmat during tummy time looking at a toy

Dear past Priya: Your flat head baby is going to be just fine

You're sitting on the bathroom tiles at 2 AM. You've just zoomed in on the Nanit monitor until the pixels blurred into a gray soup, staring intensely at the back of your son's skull. One side looks distinctly like a...

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A tired mother holding her crying toddler at the daycare door

Surviving the bye bye baby phase without losing your mind

I'm standing in the doorway of a toddler room that smells like wet wipes and desperation. My daughter's fingers are locked into the fabric of my jeans with the grip strength of a rock climber. Another mother just walked in,...

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