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Toddler sitting on a playmat looking frustrated next to scattered wooden blocks

The hostage negotiation of the sorry baby apology milestone

The soft rubber block bounced directly off my collarbone and landed in my lukewarm coffee. It splashed onto my only clean pair of leggings. My two-year-old stood across the living room, chest heaving, waiting for the fallout. I looked over...

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Sarah holding a subtle terracotta rainbow blanket in a dimly lit nursery

The Terrifying, Beautiful Truth About Having a Rainbow Baby

I was wearing this absolutely hideous mustard-yellow maternity sweater that I hated but wore anyway because it was clean, and I was squeezing my husband’s hand so hard in the ultrasound room that his knuckles were actually turning white. It...

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A messy bedroom with a glowing red nightlight and a half-empty coffee cup.

The Justin Bieber Baby Sleep Hack That Would Have Saved My Sanity

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in 2017. I'm wearing hospital-grade mesh underwear and an oversized, stained promotional t-shirt from a local 5K I walked, like, three years ago. I'm sitting on the very edge of our mattress, violently sobbing...

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A tired but smiling solo parent holding a baby while drinking coffee

"I had a baby without you": The messy truth of solo parenting

The biggest myth about doing this alone is that it looks absolutely anything like the cinema. People type i had a baby without you full movie into their search bars late at night, expecting some sweeping romantic drama starring an...

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Pregnant mother sitting on floor surrounded by baby shower gifts and neutral decor.

The Truth About Surviving Your Own Baby Shower

I was thirty-one weeks pregnant, sitting on my incredibly dusty apartment floor in Chicago, staring at a mountain of tissue paper while my mother-in-law asked why I hated color. She had wanted royal blue balloons everywhere. I had asked for...

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glowing video monitor screen showing a sleeping baby in a dark room

What I got totally wrong about the baby monitor as a pediatric nurse

It's three in the morning and I'm digitally zooming in on a pixelated chest, holding my own breath to see if my son is taking his. I spent five years on the pediatric floor at a Chicago hospital, managing central...

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Baby in an organic cotton bodysuit kicking in a wooden floor bouncer

What I Got Completely Wrong About My First Baby Bouncer Seat

It was a Tuesday at like, 2 PM, and I was sitting on the damp bath mat in my tiny apartment bathroom, wearing a stained gray nursing bra and exactly one sock. Leo was three and a half weeks old....

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A tired mom holding a crying baby while talking on the phone with a boomer parent

The Reality Of Raising Kids And Baby Boomers

There I was on a Tuesday afternoon, up to my elbows in purΓ©ed peas, trying to keep the twins from using our poor golden retriever as a step stool, when my mom walked through the back door holding a drop-side...

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Tired mom holding a coffee mug and staring into the distance

Dear Postpartum Me: On The Tears, Sweat, and Baby Blues

Dear Sarah from four years ago, I know exactly where you're right now. You’re sitting on the edge of the gray bath mat in the guest bathroom at 3:14 AM. You’re wearing that nursing tank that smells violently like sour...

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