When Your Baby's Face is Red and Peeling: My Eczema Survival Story
I was sitting in my minivan in the HEB parking lot, crying over a steering wheel covered in crushed Cheerios, because the cashier had just asked me why I let my three-month-old get a severe sunburn in February. I hadn't,...
What the Baby Dory Method Teaches Us About Resilient Kids
I'm sitting on my living room floor in Chicago watching a blue animated tang fish bump into a coral reef for the fortieth time today. My toddler is mesmerized by the screen. Half the moms in my playgroup think this...
Dear Priya from six months ago about the baby doge trap
Listen. I know exactly where you're right now. You're sitting on the rug in the nursery at three in the morning with a squirming toddler who refuses to sleep, scrolling TikTok with your screen brightness turned all the way down....
Why I Stopped Buying Flashy Baby Designer Clothes
It was 2:14 in the morning on a Tuesday, and I was standing in Mayaβs nursery wearing a nursing tank top that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation, holding my breath. She was three weeks old. My mother-in-law had...
What the cardi b and stefon diggs baby teaches us about survival
I was standing in my dark kitchen at three in the morning, eating a cold samosa over the sink, when the photos dropped on my feed. The perfectly lit hospital bed, the flawless makeup, the custom football-themed swaddle wrapped around...
The "Call Me Baby" Era: TikTok Trends vs Actual Newborn Survival
It was 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, and I was sitting on our violently stained nursing chair trying to remember if I had already burped Twin A, or if the loud noise I just heard came from my own...