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A messy living room showing the reality of a newborn baby invasion with scattered burp cloths and sleep sacks.

Surviving the Real Baby Invasion Without Completely Losing Your Mind

It was day four. The milk had just come in. My living room was littered with breast pump parts, half-empty water bottles, and those terrible mesh hospital underwear. My husband was sitting on the edge of the sofa, bathed in...

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Frustrated mom holding a baby while looking at old nursery gear

The Baby Grand Era: When Grandma’s Advice Makes You Want to Scream

I'm staring at a drop-side crib that looks like it survived the Oregon Trail, and my mother-in-law is patting the literal patchwork quilt she just laid inside it. She's telling me how my husband slept in this exact death trap...

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Tired mom holding a newborn baby in a pediatrician clinic waiting room

The Exhausted Parent's Guide to Choosing a Great Baby Doctor

I'm currently typing this one-handed on my phone in a clinic waiting room that smells aggressively like rubbing alcohol and cheap cherry lollipops, while my youngest tries to aggressively gnaw my collarbone off. The lady across from me is staring...

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A tired dad holding a baby wearing a comfortable organic cotton bodysuit.

The Miniature CEO: Why I Stopped Dressing My Baby Like a Tiny Adult

I was exactly four and a half minutes into trying to button a miniature, tailored tweed blazer onto my squirming 11-month-old when I realized my entire approach to parenting apparel was fundamentally flawed. He was doing that terrifying back-arching maneuver,...

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A tired dad looking at his phone in a dark nursery

The 3 AM System Crash: A Letter to Past Me About That Sound

It's 3:14 AM, and you're currently standing over the crib with your phone flashlight pressed against your chest so the glare doesn't wake him fully, intensely analyzing the rhythmic, aggressive hacking sound coming from your five-month-old son. You're sweating. You...

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A tired dad holding a medical binder next to a baby sleeping on a bamboo blanket

System Reboot: Surviving Year One With An HIE Diagnosis

The digital display above the plastic incubator read 33.5 degrees Celsius. I stood there in a yellow isolation gown that was slightly too short for my arms, staring at a screen that looked exactly like a 1990s MS-DOS prompt. I...

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A tired mother holding her baby in a dimly lit nursery while scrolling on her phone.

The late-night angela baby search and other postpartum traps

Dear past Priya. You're sitting in the nursing chair right now at three in the morning. The glow of the screen is illuminating the dark circles under your eyes. You smell like sour milk and fenugreek. The baby is finally...

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Sarah holding baby Maya at the beach trying to figure out infant SPF rules

The Huge Infant SPF Lie I Completely Fell For With My First Baby

It was July 2017, I was wearing these god-awful maternity jean shorts that I stubbornly refused to retire, and I was sitting on a sandy towel in Cape May, New Jersey, furiously painting my four-month-old daughter Maya with what can...

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Powdered infant formula next to a clean glass baby bottle on a dark kitchen counter at night

Why I eventually surrendered to similac baby formula at 3 am

I was aggressively shaking a plastic bottle at three in the morning when the lid shot off like a champagne cork. White sticky fluid coated my glasses, the kitchen counter, and my golden retriever, who immediately started licking the cabinets....

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