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Baby trying to sit up on a firm playmat surrounded by pillows

The brutal, messy truth about when your baby will finally sit up

I was sitting cross-legged on my living room rug, trapped in a fortress of couch cushions. My son, six months old and entirely unbothered by gravity, had just executed his fortieth faceplant of the morning. His grandmother was on FaceTime,...

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That Midnight Panic Over Exactly When Babies Are Supposed To Walk

It was 2:13 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the floor of my bathroom in the dark, violently scrolling through parenting forums on my phone while my 14-month-old oldest child, Beau, slept blissfully down the hall. We...

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A toddler in an organic cotton bodysuit attempting to bounce to music

The real science behind the dancing baby gif and infant motor skills

I spent a ridiculous amount of time last Tuesday trying to capture the perfect dancing baby gif for my family's group chat. I propped my nine-month-old against the sofa, blasted some nineties club track, and hovered with my phone waiting...

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