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The Literal Baby Don't Hurt Me Phase Of Parenting Is Actually Wild

It was a random Tuesday at exactly 6:14 AM, and I was wearing those tragic gray sweatpants with the mysterious bleach stain on the left thigh that my husband absolutely hates. I had exactly half a sip of lukewarm French...

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How to Bring a Baby Home to Your Dog Without Losing Your Mind

I was sitting on my faux-Navajo living room rug, covered in sour milk spit-up, physically restraining my 70-pound mutt Buster by his collar while my newborn screamed in the bassinet, trying to mentally sort through the absolute circus of advice...

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Surviving That First Ridiculous Baby Day Out Into The Wild

I stood with my hand hovering over the front door handle for a solid forty-five minutes, paralyzed by indecision. My twin girls, who were roughly ten weeks old at the time, were actually asleep in the gargantuan double buggy that...

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Why The Viral Baby Crying Meme Hits Way Too Close to Home

It's 2:14 in the morning. I'm sitting in the dark in my living room, the blue light from my phone illuminating my deeply exhausted face. I'm looking at a viral post about a toddler who's completely losing his mind because...

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Dear Jess: The Honest Truth About That Terrifying Midnight Cough

Dear Jess from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold linoleum of the guest bathroom at 2:14 AM, the hot shower is running full blast to make a makeshift steam room, and Leo is making a sound that...

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The 3 AM Panic: My Completely Honest Truth About Baby Cough Syrup

I was standing in my kitchen at 2:14 AM wearing a pair of sweatpants with a bleach stain on the thigh, holding my oldest son who was barking like a literal harbor seal. My Etsy shop had twenty open orders...

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The Baby Corn Cat Panic: A Letter to Myself on BLW & Felines

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold kitchen tiles at 7:14 AM wearing Mike's ratty Villanova hoodie—the one with the suspicious, crusty stain on the left sleeve that might be yogurt but is probably something...

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The Brutal Reality of Baby Modeling: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand

I was sweating completely through my only clean maternity bra in a strip mall off I-35 in Dallas, holding a screaming eight-month-old while twelve other perfectly coifed infants stared at us in dead, judgmental silence. My oldest son, who's now...

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Why Your Infant is Basically a Baby Monkey (And Why That's Okay)

It was 3:14 AM, and I was wearing a gray Target nursing tank that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation. My husband Dave was snoring—not like a cute, rhythmic rumble, but this full-blown, windows-rattling snore that made me want...

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