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When Can You Hear Baby Heartbeat Without Losing Your Mind

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm lying flat on the cold hexagonal tiles of my master bathroom floor, wearing a pair of maternity leggings that are already too tight even though I’m only nine weeks pregnant, and my...

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Lil baby wham tour: why a rap concert is not a pediatric milestone

I was sitting in the dark at three in the morning, covered in something sticky that I was praying was just spit-up, watching search results populate on my glowing phone screen. Half the mothers in my local Chicago moms group...

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The Skai Jackson Baby Drama: A Dad's Take on Postpartum Stress

My mom told me to just keep the vibes good around our newborn to prevent her from becoming a fussy toddler. My wife's postpartum doula gently suggested that negative maternal energy literally alters an infant's cellular structure in real-time. And...

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Tired mom holding a cup of coffee and a baby bodysuit while thinking about the scorsese baby daddy meaning and pop culture.

Why The Scorsese Baby Daddy Trend Is An Actual Parenting Trap

I was sitting on the aggressively beige tile floor of a suburban Target bathroom in 2016, wearing Lululemon leggings that definitely had a crusty salsa stain on the left thigh, staring at a plastic stick I had just peed on....

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Tired mother pushing a jogging stroller through a park while holding a lukewarm coffee

Run Baby Run: The Messy Reality of Jogging With Your Kid

I'm wrestling a standard, rigid four-wheeled city stroller over a massive, gnarly tree root on a Tuesday morning at 7 AM. I'm wearing my black Lululemon leggingsβ€”the ones with the weird yogurt stain on the left thigh that I haven't...

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Dear Past Jess: Please Do Not Put On That Million Dollar Baby Film

Dear exhausted Jess from six months ago, You’re currently sitting on the beige sectional that smells vaguely of sour milk and desperation. It's raining sideways here in rural Texas, your Etsy shop orders are backed up to the moon, and...

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Why The Margot Robbie Baby Philosophy Is Actually Pure Genius

I was sitting on my tragic beige living room rug at 3:14 AM wearing a visibly stained nursing bra and my husband Dave's oversized college sweatpants, crying into a lukewarm mug of decaf coffee. I was fully sobbing because my...

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How to Survive the Witching Hour Baby Meltdowns Without Losing It

My mother-in-law swore my son's evening screaming fits meant my breastmilk was literally too thin. The lactation consultant I paid two hundred dollars to see said he was cluster feeding and I just needed a better nursing pillow. A girl...

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Pediatric nurse's guide to newborn safe sleep spaces and hidden pregnancy resources.

The Kentucky Cheerleader Case: Hidden Pregnancy and Safe Sleep

The biggest myth parents believe is that concealed pregnancies only happen in made-for-tv movies or to families who never speak to each other. We sit around in our comfortable living rooms and tell ourselves we'd instantly know if our own...

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