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Tired mom holding a newborn with skin breakouts while holding a coffee mug

Exactly When Does Baby Acne Go Away? A Tired Parent's Guide

I was sitting cross-legged on our hideous beige living room rug at 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, wearing maternity sweatpants that hadn't seen the inside of a washing machine since my water broke. Leo was exactly three weeks old and...

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Jess holding a squirmy baby while trying to apply thick moisturizing ointment to angry red patches.

My Honest Baby Eczema Cream Routine That Finally Let Us Sleep

It was 2:14 in the morning, the cicadas were screaming outside our Texas window, and I was sitting on the nursery floor watching my oldest son, Beau, turn his own face into a literal crime scene. He was maybe four...

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Mother holding a tube of baby skin barrier ointment during a diaper change

Stop misusing aquaphor baby healing ointment on rashes

I slathered a thick layer of petroleum jelly onto my daughter's wet, bright red bottom at three in the morning thinking it would act like a fire blanket. I was entirely wrong. By the time the sun came up, her...

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Mom holding a pink bottle of mineral oil looking confused in her bathroom

The Weird Baby Oil Diddy Drama Taught Me A Vital Skincare Lesson

I was elbow-deep in the bathtub trying to scrub a week-old, half-peeled Paw Patrol temporary tattoo off my oldest son's shoulder blade when my phone buzzed with the tenth internet joke of the morning. Between packing up fifteen monogrammed burlap...

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Dear Past Me: What I Wish I Knew About The Acutane Baby Risk

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of the Honda Pilot outside the dermatologist's office. It's pouring rain, you've a lukewarm, half-empty oat milk latte leaking dangerously close to the gear shift, and...

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Pediatric nurse mother applying mineral sun protection to her infant at the beach.

The brutal truth about sunscreen for babies and summer safety

I'm sitting on the sand at Oak Street Beach with a three-month-old who looks like a poorly powdered donut. The wind is whipping off Lake Michigan. I'm holding a tube of thick white zinc oxide paste, trying to coat my...

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Baby Leo wearing an organic cotton bodysuit while rubbing his cheek

The Truth About Baby Skin Flare-Ups (And Why I Stopped Panicking)

I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub in Dave’s grey Georgetown hoodieβ€”the one that already had three distinct spit-up stains on the left shoulderβ€”watching my four-month-old son try to rub his own face off. Seriously. Little Leo was...

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Sarah wearing a stained hoodie holding a cold coffee while staring at her phone in disbelief at the baby oil meme.

The Diddy Baby Oil Meme: A Warning Letter To My Past Parenting Self

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago. You're currently sitting on the cold hexagonal tiles of the downstairs bathroom, wearing that baggy gray college hoodie with the mysterious bleach stain near the pocket. Your cold brew is sitting precariously on...

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Confused mom staring at a winter heat rash on baby in the nursery

That Time My Winter Layering Mistake Caused a Heat Rash on Baby

It was 3 AM in mid-January, pitch black outside, and the wind was howling against our drafty Texas farmhouse windows. I unzipped my youngest son’s fleece footie pajamasβ€”the absurdly thick ones shaped like a brown bear with little ears on...

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