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Why Normal People Are Setting Up Trust Funds for Their Kids

Dear Jess from six months ago, You're currently sitting at the kitchen table at 11:47 PM. You have stale Goldfish crumbs stuck to your sweatpants, you're surrounded by fifty half-packed Etsy resin orders, and you're hyperventilating while staring at a...

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Why nobody warns you about ugly babies and how to survive them

I spent four hours in the maternity ward trying to find an Instagram filter that would make my son look less like a bruised, angry potato. I know we aren't supposed to say that out loud. You're supposed to weep...

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Vanessa Hudgens Baby Reality Check: Why Balance Is A Total Myth

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at a scatter plot I had painstakingly built in Python to map our 11-month-old’s sleep regressions against the ambient humidity of his nursery. (For the record, 48% humidity and...

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A tired mom holding a coffee mug and a folded baby blanket in a dimly lit nursery

When Can Babies Sleep With A Blanket: A Mom's Honest Guide

I was standing in Maya's nursery at like 2 AM. She was maybe four months old, it was the dead of February, and our old house is drafty as hell. I was holding a lukewarm cup of coffeeβ€”my fourth of...

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Tired mom holding a crying baby who is angrily rubbing their cheek and ear during a late-night wake up.

The Real Signs of Ear Infection in Baby (And What to Ignore)

I'm just gonna be real with youβ€”if I had a dollar for every time my mother-in-law gasped and said, "Oh, he's tugging his ear, it's an infection!" I could have paid off my student loans by now. When my oldest,...

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Tired mom holding a cup of coffee and a baby bodysuit while thinking about the scorsese baby daddy meaning and pop culture.

Why The Scorsese Baby Daddy Trend Is An Actual Parenting Trap

I was sitting on the aggressively beige tile floor of a suburban Target bathroom in 2016, wearing Lululemon leggings that definitely had a crusty salsa stain on the left thigh, staring at a plastic stick I had just peed on....

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Baby boy sleeping peacefully after mom finally picked out a rare name

Stop Stressing: A Letter to Myself About Rare Baby Boy Names

You're currently sitting at the kitchen island with a cold, half-empty mug of Folgers, glaring at a yellow legal pad covered in crossed-out words while your two-year-old quietly colors on the baseboards with a stolen Sharpie. I know exactly how...

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How That Viral 1960s Pretty Little Baby Song Saved My Sanity

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the rocking chair in Leo's nursery was squeaking exactly on the downbeat of my mounting panic. I was wearing a gray nursing tank top that smelled faintly of sour milk and utter...

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A tired mom holding a coffee cup while looking at a baby on a round play mat

The Honest Truth About Play Mats For Babies

I was on my hands and knees with a spray bottle of carpet cleaner, frantically scrubbing neon yellow newborn poop out of our cheap apartment carpeting, while my oldest screamed his absolute head off in a bouncy seat nearby. It...

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