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Don't You Want Me Like I Want You Baby Lyrics & Toddler Drama

The absolute biggest lie the parenting industry ever managed to sell us is that your Spotify Wrapped needs to look like an eighteenth-century Austrian composer's fever dream for your kid to get into a good kindergarten. I was standing in...

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The Absolute Truth About What A Baby Booter Actually Means

It's 3:14 AM. I'm wedged between a cot and a towering pile of unsorted laundry, typing with my less dominant thumb while one of the twins uses my left shoulder as a surprisingly absorbent drool rag. I'm simply trying to...

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The Truth About Taylor Swift and the Pressure on Women to Have Kids

When I was twenty-nine, I was sitting in a aggressively air-conditioned Starbucks wearing leggings that hadn't seen the inside of a washing machine since Tuesday, crying into a venti iced macchiato because I had just received three completely conflicting pieces...

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Did Jessica Sanchez Finally Have Her Baby? A Postpartum Warning

Dear Tom from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the floor of our terribly drafted London flat, attempting to assemble a twin nursing pillow that looks like a life raft, while your wife glowers at you from her birthing...

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Is Cry Baby John Waters For Kids? (Plus Actual Infant Crying)

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was pretty sure I was hallucinating. Leo was six weeks old and screaming like I was actively harming him, his tiny face turning a shade of purple I didn't know existed...

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Why I Googled the Brooklyn Baby Lyrics in the Minivan Today

Tuesday, 8:14 AM. I'm sitting in the school drop-off line wearing black leggings that haven't actually seen a yoga studio since approximately 2019. There's a crusty white stain on my left knee that I'm aggressively ignoring—it's either toothpaste or yogurt,...

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A Letter to My Past Self About Surviving the Baby Shark Dance

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're standing in the kitchen right now. There's a half-eaten piece of toast on the counter and your chai is stone cold. Your sixteen-month-old is in the center of the living room, bouncing at...

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The 3 AM Baby Santana Search That Broke My Pediatric Nurse Brain

The drywall was physically vibrating at two in the morning. My fourteen-year-old niece was visiting from out of state, and she decided the middle of the night was the perfect time to blast trap music. My toddler, who was already...

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Why I Spent Three Hours Googling Baby Saja Boys At 2 AM

Dear Marcus from six months ago. You're currently sitting in the dark on the nursery floor, the temperature logged at exactly 68.4 degrees, watching the baby monitor app like it's compiling a critical system update. You haven't slept more than...

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