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A tired mom looking at baby shower invitations for a girl on her laptop

The brutal reality of picking baby shower invitations for a girl

I was twenty-six weeks pregnant, eating fruit antacids like they were candy, staring at my laptop at two in the morning. The screen was a sea of aggressively pink digital paper. The search query was simple enough. I was just...

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Mom holding a floral baby shower guest dress next to organic baby clothes

What to Look for in a Baby Shower Guest Dress (Without Losing Your ...

Dear Jess of six months ago, currently standing in front of your open closet, sweating into a stained Target graphic tee while trying to figure out what the heck "garden casual" means. I see you, I'm you, and I need...

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Pregnant woman sitting in a floral maternity dress looking exhausted with coffee

Finding A Baby Shower Dress That Actually Fits (Without The Tears)

Dear Sarah from six months ago—wait, no. Maya is four now. So, dear Sarah from four years and six months ago. Whatever. Time is a completely meaningless construct anyway when you haven't had a full night of uninterrupted sleep since...

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A messy kitchen counter covered in icing, sprinkles, and half-decorated cookies.

Surviving the Late-Night Chaos of Baby Shower Cookies

It was 2:13 AM and I was standing in my kitchen wearing my husband's college sweatpants and a nursing tank that definitely smelled like sour milk, holding a piping bag of pale yellow icing that was supposed to look like...

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A tired baby shaking head side to side in an organic cotton sleep sack

The Late Night Panic Guide To Baby Shaking Head Side to Side

You're staring at the grainy green footage of your baby monitor at two in the morning. Your kid is doing this aggressive, rhythmic thrashing thing against the mattress. It looks like they're trying to start a mosh pit in a...

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A muddy shoebox holding a nest of wild baby bunnies on a messy kitchen counter

What Do Baby Bunnies Eat? A Texas Mom's Guide To Not Panicking

It was 10:43 on a Tuesday morning, I was knee-deep in packing tape trying to get my Etsy orders out before the mail carrier showed up, and my four-year-old son Tucker walked through the back door holding a dripping, muddy...

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Tired pregnant mom sorting through a pile of gender neutral baby clothes

What Actually Decides If You're Having a Boy or a Girl

I was six weeks pregnant with my oldest, aggressively dry-heaving into a paper cup in the passenger seat of my husband's truck, when my grandma leaned forward from the backseat and said, "If you want a girl, you need to...

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Exhausted mom holding a crying infant in a dark nursery

Why I Watch Cry-Baby 1990 When My Actual Baby Just Won't Stop

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery in your sweatpants, staring at a patch of dried spit-up on the rug while Arjun screams like he's being prepped for an unanesthetized appendectomy. The...

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Tired mom researching vitamin k babies on her laptop late at night

Dear Past Me: The 2 AM Google Spiral About Vitamin K Babies

Dear Past Me from exactly six months ago. You're sitting at the kitchen island, and it's 2:14 AM. You're wearing Dave’s tragic gray college hoodie, the one with the mysterious bleach stain that he refuses to throw away, and you're...

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