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The trey coolin baby boo trend: digital safety for your infant

The blue light from my phone was throwing weird, sharp shadows against the nursery wall. It was 3 AM. My son was finally asleep on my chest after a four-hour teething marathon that left us both smelling like sour milk...

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Dear Past Me: Navigating The New Trump Account Drama

Dear Sarah from six months ago, It's April 14th. You're sitting at the kitchen island in those gray sweatpantsβ€”you know, the ones with the bleach stain on the left thigh that you refuse to throw away. It's 11:32 PM. You're...

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What Actually Is This Trump Baby Bonus Thing Anyway?

"So wait, does the government just mail us a check for a thousand bucks?" That was my husband, Dave, literally yelling from the bathroom while I was trying to pour my third cup of coffee yesterday morning. Ten minutes later...

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The Truth About Unique Gifts For One Year Old Baby Girl

It's currently 6:15 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm staring at a living room that looks like it was recently ransacked by a gang of very small, incredibly destructive sugar addicts. There's half-chewed wrapping paper stuck to the skirting boards,...

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Why we threw out the traditional gendered baby name playbook

I was thirty-two weeks pregnant, sitting at the kitchen island at three in the morning, aggressively pointing out cells in a Google Sheet. My husband was asleep. The spreadsheet was simply titled The Child. Row forty-seven was the name Emerson....

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Processing the Tragic University of Kentucky Cheerleader Baby News

It was 5:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the sticky linoleum of my kitchen floor in sweatpants that smelled faintly of string cheese, trying to drink coffee that had been microwaved three times already. I was...

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UPPAbaby Cruz V2: What I Wish I Knew Before The Registry Panic

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting at the kitchen island at 2 AM. Dave is snoring upstairsβ€”a sound that's somehow migrating through the floorboardsβ€”and you're wearing those hideous grey sweatpants with the bleach stain on the...

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The Real Deal on Vitamin D for Babies (And Why It's So Messy)

The coconut oil carrier fluid was running all the way down my left elbow, pooling in the crook of my arm, and dripping onto the dog’s head. It was 2:14 AM. My oldest, Jackson, was exactly three weeks old, screaming...

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The Wheeled Menace: Surviving the Push Walker Baby Era With Twins

It was 4:17 PM on a rainy Tuesday when I found Molly wedged firmly beneath the living room radiator, her lower half encased in a brightly coloured plastic UFO that was loudly playing a tinny electronic version of "Old MacDonald."...

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