The Real Deal on Vitamin D for Babies (And Why It's So Messy)
The coconut oil carrier fluid was running all the way down my left elbow, pooling in the crook of my arm, and dripping onto the dogβs head. It was 2:14 AM. My oldest, Jackson, was exactly three weeks old, screaming...
Raising a Modern Indian Baby Without Losing Your Absolute Mind
I was elbow-deep in a pile of spit-up-stained laundry when my sister-in-law Priya FaceTimed me in absolute tears, holding a yellow tape measure up to a massive, heavily carved wooden cradle her mother-in-law had just shipped all the way from...
The "i just a baby" phase ruined my pediatric nursing degree
I'm staring at the digital clock on my breast pump. It's 3:14 AM in my freezing Chicago apartment, the wind off Lake Michigan is rattling the windowpanes, and I can't remember what a let-down reflex is. Four years of nursing...
The honest guide: how to stop baby hiccups after feeding
The digital clock on the microwave glowed a hostile 3:14 AM, and the flat was finally entirely silent except for the low hum of the fridge. Florence, the slightly heavier of our twins, had just finished her bottle. I had...
How Does Preeclampsia Affect the Baby? My NICU Story
It's 2:14 PM on a Tuesday and I'm wearing these absolutely hideous mustard-colored maternity leggings that I bought on clearance at Target, sweating through my third cup of lukewarm decaf. I'm sitting on that terrible crinkly paper of the exam...
The Gross But Normal Truth About Your Infant's Crusty Flaky Scalp
Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting on your sister's absolutely hideous beige sectionalβthe exact one you told her not to buy because it shows literally every single spit-up stainβholding your brand new nephew. You're wearing those...
Yellow Watery Diarrhea in Babies: What I Learned at 3 AM
2:14 AM. Chicago winter. The sound from the bassinet wasn't a cry, it was a wet, unmistakable explosion. I turned on the dim nursery lamp and found my previously pristine infant lying in what looked like a puddle of melted...
What is Jaundice in Babies? Surviving the Tiny Satsuma Phase
It was day three with the twins, and I was standing by our bedroom window in the bleak gray wash of a London November afternoon, holding Florence up to the light like a counterfeit twenty-pound note. She was asleep, completely...
What Is Baby Powder Used For Now? The Truth For Modern Parents
I was wearing this horrific floral maternity dressβthe one with the giant sunflowers that basically made me look like a walking, heavily-breathing sofa from 1993βsitting on my sisterβs beige rug opening gifts at my shower for Maya seven years ago....