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A tired mother resting her head against a hospital bed while holding a newborn baby.

The Reality of Kat Cammack’s Baby Journey and Postpartum Trauma

The breakroom TV in our pediatric triage unit was perpetually muted on a twenty-four-hour news channel, mostly serving as a glowing, anxiety-inducing nightlight while we charted at three in the morning. When you work in medicine long enough, you stop...

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Priya pushing a stroller with a toddler wrapped in a Kianao blanket

The truth about finding the best baby stroller for your life

Sitting in the hospital breakroom at thirty-four weeks pregnant, chewing on generic ice chips, I received three completely conflicting mandates on how to transport a human infant. Sarah from the pediatric ward told me to buy the heaviest European luxury...

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Jess applying unscented natural moisturizing cream to her toddler's eczema-prone leg.

Why the best baby lotion isn't whatever smells like a powdery dream

I'm holding a violently slippery, screaming seven-month-old who looks like he just lost a street fight with a patch of poison ivy. It's a Tuesday night four years ago, and my oldest son—who has served as the trial-by-fire for basically...

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Exhausted mom holding newborn on hospital bed during a professional baby photo session

The Honest Mom Guide to Bella Baby Photography in the Hospital

I was exactly forty-eight hours postpartum, bleeding heavily into a mesh diaper the size of a surfboard, when the sharp knock came at the door. My mother-in-law had just proudly handed me a stiff, scratchy, sequined tulle gown that looked...

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A tired but happy baby's mom holding her newborn on a messy nursery floor

The Messy Reality of Being a Baby's Mom: Surviving Newborns

I was sitting on my bathroom floor at 2:14 AM with a broken breast pump in one hand and a half-eaten sleeve of stale saltines in the other, aggressively weeping because my golden retriever, Buster, looked at me wrong. My...

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What A Pediatric Nurse Wants You To Know About Your Baby's Soft Spot

I used to sit at the triage desk at a major pediatric hospital in Chicago and watch the first-time dads walk in. They always carried the car seat completely rigid, holding their breath like they were transporting weapons-grade plutonium. But...

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The Truth About Predicting Your Baby's Sex (And Baking Soda)

I was sitting cross-legged on the cold, unforgiving hexagonal tiles of our rental apartment’s bathroom at 3 AM, wearing my husband’s faded college sweatpants and holding a red plastic cup that contained a mixture of my own urine and Arm...

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Exhausted mom in a messy nursery singing to her crying baby in the dark

Why I Sing Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby At 3 AM For Sleep

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in 2017, and I was sweating through a gray David Bowie t-shirt that had questionable yellow spit-up crusted on the left shoulder, trying desperately to remember what you're actually supposed to buy if...

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Tired mom drinking coffee on the floor while a toddler runs past

Dear Past Me: Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost is a Warning

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently wedged between the bulk-sized paper towels and the dog food bin in the pantry. It's 2:14 AM. You're wearing Dave's gray college sweatpants—the ones with that unidentifiable crusty bleach stain on...

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