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The Staring Contest: The Truth About Baby Blue Eyes

At exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, I found myself holding Twin A directly under the hallway spotlight, trying to determine if her irises were the colour of the ocean or just the murky grey of the Thames at low...

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Minka Kelly's Memoir and the Parenting Bugs We Can't Fix

Don't, under any circumstances, ask your postpartum wife if she's crying because the Wi-Fi dropped while she's reading in the dark. I learned this at exactly 3:14 AM last Tuesday. The eerie blue glow of her Kindle was illuminating the...

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Exhausted mom watching micro dramas on her phone while nursing the baby in a dark room

Why That Baby Star They Regret Losing Drama Wrecked My Sleep

The blue light from my cracked iPhone screen was violently illuminating the dried spit-up on my shoulder, and the microwave clock in the kitchen read exactly 3:14 AM. I was pinned under an eighteen-pound milk-drunk four-month-old, my legs were entirely...

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Tired dad holding a youth baseball compression sleeve next to a confused baby.

The Bruce Bolt Graduated Compression Arm Sleeve - Baby Blue

It was 3:14 AM, the glow of my second monitor was illuminating the living room wall, and I was holding a cylindrical tube of incredibly tight, moisture-wicking spandex next to my 11-month-old’s chubby left forearm. He was gnawing on a...

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Messy baby blue nursery with a wooden crib and scattered organic cotton blankets.

Why Badfinger Baby Blue Soundtracked My Postpartum Breakdown

The microwave clock in our kitchen glared a neon 3:14 AM, and my husband, bless his sweet but entirely useless heart in that specific moment, decided the absolute best way to get our screaming firstborn to sleep was by blasting...

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