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The Totally Unfiltered Truth About Raising a Newborn Baby Girl

I spent the first forty-eight hours of my oldest daughter's life absolutely terrified I was going to break her lady parts. I’m just gonna be real with you—the hospital nurses were wiping her down like it was no big deal,...

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Is the Nanit Pro Smart Baby Monitor Actually Worth the Price?

People love to tell you that dropping four hundred dollars on a high-tech camera is going to instantly cure your postpartum anxiety, but they're lying to your face. I bought into that myth completely with my oldest. Bless his heart,...

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My Baby Girl Chinese Drama: A 3 AM Survival Guide for Tired Parents

The digital clock on the wipe-warmer we never use is flashing 3:14 AM in a vaguely aggressive neon green. I'm wedged in the nursing chair, which has somehow lost all lumbar support over the last two years. Matilda, twin A,...

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What To Know Before Buying The Expensive Mori Baby Sleepwear

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I had my phone flashlight clamped between my teeth like a miner digging for coal. My oldest son, Beau, was four weeks old and screaming with the kind of lung capacity that...

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Note to Self: Surviving the Man Baby & What to Dress Them In

Dear Sarah from six months ago, It’s 3:14 AM. You're currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of your sister’s guest room wearing a pair of Dave’s old sweatpants with a questionable bleach stain on the knee and a nursing tank...

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Why the Phrase Sleep Like a Baby is Actually a Massive Fraud

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in November, and I was wearing Dave's old gray college sweatpants that smelled faintly of sour milk and desperation. I was just staring blankly at the ceiling fan in our bedroom, listening to...

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Why your favorite audio show won't patch your infant's firmware

It’s 3:17 AM. The Portland rain is aggressively smacking against the kitchen window. I've exactly one AirPod in, listening to some pediatric sleep guru explain the best ambient temperature for a nursery, while my son—an 11-month-old dictator I lovingly refer...

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The 45-Minute Fakeout: Surviving The Twilight Sleep Phase

It was 7:42 PM on a Tuesday. I know this because the microwave clock was glaring at me in neon green, mocking the mug of coffee I had reheated four times since noon and still hadn't taken a single sip...

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System Failure: A First-Time Dad's Guide to the Kyte Baby Sale

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago, I'm writing this to you as you sit at your dual-monitor setup at 9:58 AM on a Thursday, sweating through your gray Portland Timbers t-shirt. You've got three browser windows open, your credit...

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