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Sarah looking stressed at the playground thinking about the sugar baby film and internet safety

Freaking Out About The Sugar Baby Movies In My Moms Group

So my sister-in-law is standing by the toddler swings yesterday, violently shaking her Yeti mug in the air, telling me I need to throw Maya’s iPad straight into the nearest river because she just watched that Sundance documentary. You know...

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When "Baby Please Don't Go" Means "Please Stop Giving Me Advice"

I was standing in aisle four of Target, holding a half-empty iced vanilla latte that I had honestly forgotten paying for, while my four-month-old daughter Maya tried to literally eat my hair. She was wearing this pale yellow onesie that...

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Frustrated mom sitting on the floor while her toddler throws a tantrum.

Are You Raising A Baby Tyrant Or Just A Normal Toddler

We were standing in the kitchen on a Tuesday. Dev was holding a blue plastic cup. I had just handed him the blue plastic cup because, three seconds prior, he had demanded the blue plastic cup. He looked at the...

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Exhausted mom drinking coffee while a toddler points at a pregnant belly

The Panic-Sweat Guide: Explaining How Babies Are Actually Made

It was a Tuesday morning, exactly 8:14 AM, and I was standing in line at our local bakery wearing a pair of black leggings that I hadn't washed since the weekend. I was holding a terrifyingly hot Americano in one...

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Mom folding laundry while reflecting on blended family drama and co parenting boundaries.

What The Kodak Black Baby Mama Drama Teaches Us About Co-Parenting

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the cold linoleum floor of the laundry room. It's somewhere around 2:17 in the morning, and you've dried spit-up crusted onto the shoulder of your only clean t-shirt. The dryer...

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A tired mom sitting on the floor surrounded by toddlers and a sleeping puppy.

The Honest Truth About Mixing Human Kids And Baby Puppies Now

My grandmother always kept this framed cross-stitch in her kitchen of a rosy-cheeked toddler sleeping peacefully in a wicker basket with a fluffy golden retriever pup tucked right under his arm. Let me just tell y'all, that image is the...

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Frustrated mom holding a baby while looking at old nursery gear

The Baby Grand Era: When Grandma’s Advice Makes You Want to Scream

I'm staring at a drop-side crib that looks like it survived the Oregon Trail, and my mother-in-law is patting the literal patchwork quilt she just laid inside it. She's telling me how my husband slept in this exact death trap...

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A tired mom holding a newborn while her dog stares skeptically from the couch.

The Ugly Truth About Bringing a Newborn Home to Your Fur Baby

I remember standing in the entryway of our dusty Texas ranch house, holding my oldest son, Tucker, while still wearing those horrific mesh hospital underwear. My yellow lab mix, Buster, sauntered up, sniffed my knees like I was hiding a...

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That Polo G Lyric Sent Me Down a Terrifying Parenting Rabbit Hole

I was elbow-deep in a tub of Sudocrem, trying to wrestle two screaming two-year-old girls into their nighttime nappies, when a playlist I hadn’t updated since 2019 shuffled onto a track by Polo G. I wasn't really listeningβ€”I was mostly...

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