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A Letter To Past Me: That Cry Baby Movie Was A Huge Mistake!

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, Right now you're standing in the kitchen. It's exactly 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and you're wearing those awful gray maternity sweatpantsβ€”yes, the ones with the mysterious bleach stain on the left thigh...

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The Boss Baby Escape Movie Mix-Up: A Parent Warning

I dropped a whole laundry basket of clean, perfectly folded towels directly onto the kitchen floor last Tuesday. My five-year-oldβ€”who's honestly the reason I've premature gray hair and a caffeine dependencyβ€”had grabbed the iPad and yelled that he was searching...

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The Truth About That "Baby Steps" Video Game (Spoiler: It's Not For...

My mom swears that whatever video games my six-year-old nephew plays are totally fine for my three under five as long as I just cover their little eyes during the scary parts. My sister, bless her heart, thinks any screen...

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A realistic look at navigating crowded baby product expos and TV screen time rules for infants

The brutal truth about baby shows: Expos, screens, and survival

Listen. I was thirty-four weeks pregnant, my ankles were swelling over the tops of my sneakers, and I was standing in the middle of McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. A very enthusiastic woman with a microphone was trying to sell...

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Why the baby shark video is actually neurological genius

We're stuck in gridlock on Lake Shore Drive. The smell of three-day-old formula is radiating from somewhere under the passenger seat. In the back, my daughter has initiated the kind of breath-holding, red-faced scream that usually requires a medical intervention....

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The Truth About Baby Saja Wallpaper, Screen Time, and Nursery Air

I was sitting on the floor of my three-year-old’s room yesterday, scraping a fossilized piece of oatmeal off the back of my phone case with my thumbnail, while bouncing my fussy youngest on my hip. I was exhausted, my brain...

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Dear Past Tom: Surviving the Baby Saja Netflix Obsession

Dear Tom of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting on the battered grey sofa in our Islington flat, smugly sipping a lukewarm cup of PG Tips. The twins are peacefully napping, and you're thinking to yourself that you've finally...

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Streaming Shows For Babies And The Real Science Of Screen Time

My mother-in-law insisted that any moving image on a television would permanently short-circuit my infant's brain. My neighbor down the hall swore that putting on animated dancing fruit was the only way she managed to wash her hair without someone...

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The Ugly Truth About Those Viral Baby Hazel Games

It was 4:13 PM on a Tuesday and I was wearing my husband Dave’s oversized college hoodie that smelled faintly of old garlic, holding a lukewarm mug of French roast that I had already microwaved three separate times. I was...

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