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A tired mom wearing her baby in a soft fabric papoose carrier while holding coffee.

My Papoose Baby Era: How I Survived The Clingy Newborn Phase

2:14 AM. A Tuesday in mid-November. I was standing in the middle of our tiny galley kitchen wearing a pair of maternity leggings that smelled vaguely of spit-up and stale coffee, desperately trying to wrap fifteen feet of gray stretchy...

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A Late-Night Letter to Myself Before Baby Number Three Arrives

I see you sitting there in the dark. It's 2:14 AM, your giant eight-months-pregnant belly is hopelessly wedged into the armrests of the nursery glider, and the blue light from your phone screen is illuminating the tired bags under your...

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Tired mom standing next to a grey Orbit baby stroller holding a coffee

The Brutally Honest Truth About the Orbit Baby Stroller System

It was raining, obviously. I was standing in the parking lot of the Trader Joe’s on 4th Street, wearing yoga pants that hadn’t actually seen a yoga mat since sometime in 2017. Maya was strapped into her car seat screaming...

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A tired dad staring in disbelief at an NHS red baby book while twins crawl away

Normal Baby Weight at Birth: A Letter to My Terrified Past Self

Dear Tom from six months ago. You're currently hiding in the downstairs loo at a family barbecue, trying to field questions from your brother-in-law about what constitutes a normal baby weight. His wife is being induced on Tuesday, and you're...

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The Totally Unfiltered Truth About Raising a Newborn Baby Girl

I spent the first forty-eight hours of my oldest daughter's life absolutely terrified I was going to break her lady parts. I’m just gonna be real with you—the hospital nurses were wiping her down like it was no big deal,...

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Why outfitting a newborn baby boy feels like a hostage negotiation

It was day four. I was sleep-deprived to the point of mild hallucinations, standing over the changing pad in the dark. I unzipped his fleece sleeper, and a perfect arc of warm urine hit me directly in the collarbone. That...

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A mother holding her premature baby in the NICU while looking at her phone

The truth about naming your kid Mia and the digital footprint night...

Listen. You're sitting in the dark right now, the blue light from your phone illuminating that tiny, sleeping face against your chest. Your thumb is hovering over the Instagram post button. You've spent twenty minutes crafting the perfect caption with...

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A remarkably chubby infant in a stretchy organic cotton bodysuit sitting happily on a wooden play mat.

The Truth About Raising Mega Babies When Standard Gear Fails You

I was standing in the fluorescent-lit hospital room, still completely numb from the waist down, watching my husband try to wrestle our firstborn into a "newborn" sized coming-home outfit that we had paid entirely too much for on Etsy. My...

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Sarah sitting on a nursery floor surrounded by discarded baby clothes and a cold coffee cup.

Note to Self: Surviving the Man Baby & What to Dress Them In

Dear Sarah from six months ago, It’s 3:14 AM. You're currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of your sister’s guest room wearing a pair of Dave’s old sweatpants with a questionable bleach stain on the knee and a nursing tank...

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