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The Truth About Baby Keem Age, Loud Music, And Tiny Eardrums

My mother-in-law told me listening to rap would stunt my kid's language acquisition and that I should stick strictly to classical flute. My husband claimed playing heavy bass in the car was important cultural exposure that builds character. The terrifying...

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An 11-month-old baby making a massive red mess while eating baby lasagna in a high chair.

Decoding Baby Lasagna: How to Feed Your Infant Without a System Crash

My mom called me on a Tuesday to say she fed me Stouffer’s frozen meat lasagna when I was six months old and I turned out completely fine, which is debatable considering my current anxiety levels. Ten minutes later, my...

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My Glitchy Attempt at Sci-Fi Parenting With an 11-Month-Old

My guildmate on Discord told me to just slap on a noise-canceling headset and game while the baby slept on my chest. My mother-in-law insisted the ambient 5G from the Wi-Fi router was actively rearranging his aura. And a random...

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Surviving Twins With Baby Lyrics: Justin Bieber To The Rescue

Tuesday, 5:43 AM. Florence (Twin A) has somehow managed to lodge a piece of dried Weetabix perfectly up her left nostril, while Matilda (Twin B) is executing a flawless, lung-busting temper tantrum because her water is, in her professional two-year-old...

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The Real Baby Mama Cast: Surviving Postpartum Without Hollywood

It's 3:14 in the morning. You're covered in sour milk, eating a piece of cold toast over the kitchen sink, and watching a rerun of some mid-2000s comedy on cable. The one with the famous comedic actresses. You look at...

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What Being a Baby Mama Actually Means Off the Internet

I was sitting on the floor of my guest bedroom—which I generously call my "Etsy shipping headquarters"—with packing tape stuck to my thigh, listening to a 90s hip-hop playlist, when a song came on loudly dropping the phrase "baby mama."...

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Baby Mel Queries: Decoding Late-Night Infant Sleep Searches

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the nursery was exactly 69.4 degrees. I know this because I've a Bluetooth-enabled hygrometer strapped to the wall, which I refresh obsessively like I'm monitoring server uptime. My son, currently eleven months...

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The completely unglamorous truth about baby milk

You're standing in your kitchen at 3 AM holding a plastic container of white liquid up to the harsh microwave light. The baby is screaming in the other room. You're trying to remember if the water was supposed to go...

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Surviving Baby’s First New Year's Eve Without Losing Your Mind

I spent my oldest son’s first New Year’s Eve sitting on the tile floor of our guest bathroom in the pitch black, violently shushing him while my husband stuffed rolled-up towels under the door frame. Jackson was barely seven months...

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