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Is Your Baby Constipated? The Great 3 AM London Nappy Standoff

It was 4:14 AM on a Tuesday when Florence began her impression of an Olympic weightlifter attempting a personal best. Her face turned a shade of crimson I previously thought was reserved for London buses, her tiny knees pulled up...

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The Newborn Survival Guide For When You're Running On Empty

I’m standing in the hallway at 3:14 AM, bouncing on my heels until my calves burn, holding my oldest son who's screaming like I’ve personally offended his ancestors. I keep whispering, "baby come to me, just come here, let me...

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Surviving the Witching Hour: Real Talk on Baby Colic Treatments

It was 6:14 PM on a Tuesday when the switch flipped. I remember the exact time because I was staring at the microwave clock, praying for my husband's truck to pull into the driveway. My oldest was throwing goldfish crackers...

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That 3AM Moment We Met a Baby Centipede (And Panicked)

The luminous dial on the baby monitor read 2:14 AM. I was standing in the semi-darkness of the nursery, holding a soiled nappy at arm’s length, trying to calculate if I had the energy to take it to the outside...

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A 3AM Panic, A Baby Bush Hospital Article, And Surviving Twins

It was 3:14 AM on a wet Tuesday, and the frankly demonic electronic voice of a cartoon panda driving a baby bus was the only thing preventing my left arm from going entirely numb. Zoe was wedged firmly in my...

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The spreadsheet reality of picking baby boy names with J

I'm sitting at the kitchen island at 2am, staring at a deeply neurotic Excel spreadsheet colour-coded by syllable count. This was three years ago, roughly halfway through my wife’s pregnancy, before the NHS ultrasound technician cheerfully announced "it’s two girls,...

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The Huge Baby Bouncer Myth I Totally Believed With My First Kid

It was a Tuesday in 2017, and I was wearing a pair of black maternity leggings that had a distinct smear of Greek yogurt crusted onto the left knee. Maya was three months old. I was standing in my kitchen...

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Why That Viral Froggy Newborn Portrait is Actually a Photoshop Trick

I was scrolling social media at three in the morning during a seemingly endless feeding session when I saw it. A newborn, maybe six days old, propped perfectly upright with their tiny chin resting on their folded hands. The classic...

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How to Take Good Newborn Photos Without Losing Your Damn Mind

I was sweating through my third nursing tank of the day, teetering on a dining room chair with my iPhone hovering over my oldest son, Leo, who was currently screaming his head off in a hand-knitted Yoda costume my mom...

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