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Baby Crying: The Absolute Truth About Fussy Newborns

I'm just gonna be real with you: my oldest son’s newborn phase is the reason I've a permanent stress-induced twitch in my left eye. I vividly remember standing in my dark pantry at two o'clock in the morning, aggressively rocking...

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Confessions of a pediatric nurse about screen time and animated shows

It's a Tuesday in late November. The wind off Lake Michigan is rattling our apartment windows, and the radiators are hissing that dry winter heat that makes your throat scratchy. My son Rohan is gripping my pant leg, doing that...

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Dear me from 6 months ago: The Baby Brezza Bottle Washer Pro

Dear me from six months ago, You're currently standing at the kitchen sink. It's, like, 3:14 AM. You're wearing those gray Target sweatpants that have a mysterious crusty spot on the left knee and your hair is in a knot...

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Letter to Past Marcus: The Patch Notes on RSV Vaccine Babies

I'm sitting here in the dark watching the Govee hygrometer on the nursery dresser tick from 48% to 49% humidity, listening to the rhythmic, slightly squeaky breathing of our eleven-month-old. The Portland rain is currently hammering against the window with...

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The Tush Baby Survival Guide: Why I Wear a Tactical Hip Shelf

We were somewhere near the dinosaur skeletons at the Natural History Museum when my left bicep finally went on strike. Maya had decided the floor was lava, Chloe had decided the pram was a medieval torture device, and I was...

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Wait, Is Whatever Happened to Baby Jane a New Organic Brand?

It was 11:43 PM on a Thursday. I was wearing Dave’s raggedy college sweatpants with a deeply questionable yogurt stain on the left knee, balancing a lukewarm cup of decaf coffee on my chestβ€”why do I even bother with decaf,...

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A tired twin dad in London inspecting his baby's changing eye colour

Staring Contests: When Do Babies' Eyes Actually Change Color?

It's 4:13 a.m. and I'm locked in a deeply unsettling staring contest with my daughter. The flat is entirely silent save for the hum of the fridge and the distant siren of a London ambulance, but in the dim amber...

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The Truth About When Your Baby Actually Sits Up

When my daughter Maya was five months old, I got three entirely different pieces of advice about her sitting up in the span of about twenty-four hours. My mother-in-law, bless her, came over and immediately started shoving Maya into the...

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Exhausted mom holding a sleeping baby in a dim nursery at 3 AM

When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night? The Brutal, Exhausting Truth

It was exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. Maya was four months old, and I was sitting on a violently blue yoga ball in the middle of her nursery. I was wearing my husband Dave's old college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with...

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