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The Baby John Phenomenon: Decoding Screen Time & Newborn Life

"Just put on that little animated kid, it's basically a mute button for crying," my lead engineer told me over Slack while I bounced a screaming infant on my knee. "If he looks at a screen before he's two, his...

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The Baby Gronk Illusion and What It Means for Normal Parents

It was exactly 5:43 AM. I was sitting on a suspiciously sticky silicone weaning mat on the living room floor, clutching a lukewarm cup of instant coffee, watching a young boy push a weighted metal sled across an astroturf field...

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What I Got Completely Wrong About My First Baby Bouncer Seat

It was a Tuesday at like, 2 PM, and I was sitting on the damp bath mat in my tiny apartment bathroom, wearing a stained gray nursing bra and exactly one sock. Leo was three and a half weeks old....

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The Reality Of Raising Kids And Baby Boomers

There I was on a Tuesday afternoon, up to my elbows in purΓ©ed peas, trying to keep the twins from using our poor golden retriever as a step stool, when my mom walked through the back door holding a drop-side...

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Dear Postpartum Me: On The Tears, Sweat, and Baby Blues

Dear Sarah from four years ago, I know exactly where you're right now. You’re sitting on the edge of the gray bath mat in the guest bathroom at 3:14 AM. You’re wearing that nursing tank that smells violently like sour...

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Dear Past Marcus: You Need a Baby Bjorn Bouncer Immediately

Past Marcus, it's me. You from six months in the future. You're currently standing in the kitchen of our Portland apartment at 3:14 AM. The baby is five weeks old. It's raining outside, obviously. You're trying to rock him while...

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Dear past me: Stop panicking about finding the perfect baby bassinet

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. I know you're sitting there at the kitchen island in those stained grey maternity sweatpants you refuse to throw away, drinking your third cup of lukewarm French roast out of the chipped mug,...

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The Great Baby Myth And Other Delightful Lies We Tell New Parents

At precisely 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, while scraping what I desperately hoped was mashed sweet potato off the nursery ceiling, I realised the central lie of modern parenting. Before the twins arrived, well-meaning relatives and aggressively pastel-coloured books...

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The Truth About When Your Baby Will Actually Start Talking

It was late 2018, and I was sitting cross-legged on a primary-colored foam puzzle mat in a community center basement that smelled faintly of bleached diapers and absolute despair. I was wearing yoga pants that had definitely never seen the...

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