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A tired mom in sweatpants looking at a modern wooden bedside bassinet

Dear past me: Stop panicking about finding the perfect baby bassinet

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. I know you're sitting there at the kitchen island in those stained grey maternity sweatpants you refuse to throw away, drinking your third cup of lukewarm French roast out of the chipped mug,...

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The Truth About When Your Baby Will Actually Start Talking

It was late 2018, and I was sitting cross-legged on a primary-colored foam puzzle mat in a community center basement that smelled faintly of bleached diapers and absolute despair. I was wearing yoga pants that had definitely never seen the...

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A tired mom holding a coffee cup next to a toddler playing with a wooden baby gym.

So, What Is a Nepo Baby? A Parent's Guide to Everyday Privilege

It was 8:15 AM on a Saturday, pouring rain, and I was standing on the sidelines of Maya’s under-8 soccer tryouts in my embarrassingly pill-y 2018 black Target leggings. You know, the ones that have a weird bleach stain shaped...

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Why Those Vintage Pretty Little Baby Lyrics Actually Work

It's currently 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, I've exactly three minutes to move laundry from the washer to the dryer before my youngest wakes up from her nap, and my oldest is somewhere in the living room pressing a button...

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Twin dad holding a red-faced screaming baby in a dim living room

Surviving the 6pm Meltdown: A Very Tired Dad's Guide to Colic

The absolute worst thing you can do at 6:13 PM on a Tuesday, when your infant begins their nightly impersonation of a faulty car alarm, is to load up YouTube on your phone, prop it against a cold cup of...

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Wooden hardware mounted stair gate installed in a messy family home hallway

Why My First Stair Gate Was a Complete Disaster and Other Confessions

I dropped an entire basket of freshly folded onesies right at the bottom of the steps when I saw it. My oldest son, Carterβ€”who's now five and still the absolute poster child for why I've gray hairβ€”was nine months old...

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A mom holding her energetic baby boy while trying to fold laundry.

Raising A Baby Boy: Surviving The Chaos And Finding Cute Clothes

When I was eight months pregnant with my oldestβ€”the child who's now officially my daily cautionary taleβ€”I got three distinct pieces of advice in the span of one afternoon. The lady at the post office told me boys are emotionally...

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A pregnant woman holding a tiny baby aspirin pill while sitting next to a very confused dad holding a teething panda toy.

Why Baby Aspirin Was The Biggest Shock Of Our Twin Pregnancy

We were sitting in windowless room 4 at our local NHS Trust, breathing in the very specific scent of industrial floor cleaner and ultrasound gel, when our consultant casually slid a prescription across the desk. My wife was exactly twelve...

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Mom looking frustrated at a laptop trying to fix her amazon baby registry search settings

How to Actually Make Your Amazon Baby Registry Searchable

I was sitting on my living room floor, nine months pregnant with my oldest, sobbing into a pile of unfolded onesies because my mother-in-law called to say my registry didn't exist. There's this massive lie we all buy into when...

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