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What the Travis Hunter Baby Reveal Taught Us About Privacy

The biggest lie modern parenthood sold us is the wooden letter board. You know the exact one I mean. It sits next to a two-hour-old infant, broadcasting their precise weight, length, birth hour, full legal name, and hospital location to...

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The Brutal and Honest Truth About Surviving the Super Baby 2 Phase

My mother-in-law cornered me in the kitchen and said I needed to put the new baby in the toddler's crib so they could bond through shared breathing. My former charge nurse texted me to keep them on separate floors so...

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The Truth About That Uncanny Squid Game CGI Baby Everyone Hates

It was Tuesday night, raining in Chicago, and I was sitting on my couch eating cold leftover palak paneer directly out of the Tupperware. My toddler was finally asleep upstairs, which meant I had exactly forty-five minutes of silence before...

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When is kat timpf's baby due? The late pregnancy waiting game

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting in my kitchen with ankles the size of bruised grapefruits, aggressively googling when is kat timpf's baby due. It was a completely irrational fixation. I don't know this woman. But she had announced her...

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Why do babies cry: A late-night letter to my exhausted self

It's 3:14 AM and you're standing barefoot on the cold hardwood floor of our Chicago apartment. The radiator is hissing that metallic, rhythmic sound it only makes when the temperature outside drops below zero. Your three-week-old is screaming a jagged,...

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That Terrifying Silence: Why Do Babies Cry When Born Explained

The operating room was literally freezing. I'm talking meat-locker cold, which nobody warns you about when you're prepping for an emergency C-section. I was shivering so hard my teeth were clicking together, staring at this giant blue paper drape while...

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A tired London dad inspecting his baby's bottle while desperately trying to remember what the pediatrician said about wine.

Signs of alcohol in breastfed baby: A dad's late-night diary

The sound of a cork leaving a bottle of moderately priced Pinot Grigio at 7:14 PM on a rainy Tuesday in Islington should be a joyous occasion. For my wife, Sarah, it was the first glass of wine she had...

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A very tired mom drinking cold coffee while her baby pulls a shiny red ornament off a messy Christmas tree.

That Santa Baby Kim Kardashian Video vs Our Real Holiday Chaos

I was standing dead in the center of my mother-in-law's aggressively pine-scented living room in December 2017, wearing a pair of black maternity leggings that still had a crusty white streak of spit-up down the left thigh, clutching a mug...

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Tired mother holding her newborn baby while looking exhausted on the couch

Pretty Little Baby I'm So In Love With You: The Reality

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of the Honda, parked terribly across two spaces at the local Target. The air conditioning is blasting but you're still sweating through your oversized maternity t-shirt...

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