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Tired mom in messy bun sitting in a dim nursery holding a squirming newborn

The Late Night Truth About Your Grunting Newborn (And Why I Panicked)

It was exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in mid-November, and I was wearing my husband’s gray college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the permanent, unidentifiable spit-up stain on the left knee that I absolutely refused to wash because doing laundry felt...

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Navigating the Average Baby Weight at Birth: A Mom's Honest Guide

I was sitting in Dr. Sarah’s office with my firstborn, completely drenched in postpartum sweats, staring at that cold metal infant scale like it was a judge handing down a life sentence. The crinkly paper on the exam table was...

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Mom holding her asian baby boy in a rural Texas backyard

Raising An Asian Baby In Rural Texas Without Losing Your Damn Mind

I was standing in my kitchen staring at my oldestβ€”who's now five and a walking, talking cautionary tale about what happens when you give a toddler unchecked access to YouTubeβ€”when he was just a screaming newborn. My own mother was...

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Surviving the Heartbreak Nobody Wants to Talk About

Don't bring a grieving mother a tuna casserole and tell her that God just needed another angel. I was standing in my kitchen, wearing the same stained sweatpants I’d had on for three days, holding a lukewarm Pyrex dish while...

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The Nightly Bubble Bath Lie and Finding Safe Soap for Babies

I was standing in the middle of a Target aisle at eight o'clock at night with spit-up down my back, staring blankly at a giant wall of purple, lavender-scented bottles promising me the world. My firstborn was three months old,...

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How to Choose Cute Baby Girl Names Without Losing Your Mind

We're sitting in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse in the dead of August. I'm 38 weeks pregnant, sweating through a maternity shirt I bought on clearance, and absolutely sobbing into a to-go container of buttered rolls. Why? Because...

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How to Find Free Baby Samples Without Losing Your Damn Mind

I was sitting on my living room couch at 2:14 AM wearing a pair of Dave's gym shorts that I had stretched to their absolute physical limit over my seven-month pregnant belly, staring at my phone as my inbox counter...

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The Real Lesson Behind the Bhad Bhabie Baby Daddy Drama

When I was pregnant with my oldest, Maya, my grandmother sat me down at her kitchen table, pushed a cup of extremely weak Lipton tea toward me, and told me that a mother's only real job is to keep her...

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Finding the Best Baby Carriers Without Losing Your Damn Mind

Three days after Leo was born, I was standing in my kitchen wearing the same maternity leggings I’d labored in, holding a lukewarm mug of coffee I’d microwaved four times, and crying because my arms literally felt like they were...

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