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The $1200 Stroller Lie and What You Actually Need

I was standing in a high-end Dallas baby boutique, six months pregnant with my first, staring at a $1,400 stroller that looked like a sleek European spaceship while my husband nervously checked our checking account balance on his phone. The...

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Why Your Screaming Newborn Is Basically A Hairless Baby Toucan

I spent three solid months before my oldest was born painting his nursery the perfect shade of 'oatmeal' and buying tiny, stiff linen button-downs that cost more than my weekly grocery budget. My oldest kid is basically a walking cautionary...

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Note to past Priya: The truth about the baby toon and choking

Dear Priya from last November. You're currently staring at a bowl of mashed sweet potato and sweating through your scrubs. Your hands are shaking because ten minutes ago he choked. Or you thought he choked. He went red, his eyes...

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Dear Past Me: Everything I Wish I Knew About Cleaning A Tiny Tongue

Dear Past Sarah, It's 2 AM on a Tuesday. You're sitting on the living room rug, wearing that ancient Nirvana baby t-shirt from high schoolβ€”yes, the one with the bleach hole near the hemβ€”and you're frantically shining your iPhone flashlight...

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Why Every Baby to Kid Meme Feels Like a Literal Personal Attack

I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub at 11:14 PM last night, staring blankly at the bathroom tiles while my three-year-old staged a sit-in protest on the bath mat because the water I used to wash his hair...

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When You Realize That Milk on Your Baby's Tongue is Actually Thrush

It was 3:14 AM. I know the exact time because I had been staring at the glowing green numbers on our digital alarm clock while my oldest, Leoβ€”who was roughly six weeks old at the timeβ€”screamed into my collarbone. I...

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How to Spot Real Baby Teething Symptoms (Without Losing Your Mind)

I was standing barefoot on the cold kitchen linoleum at 3:14 AM wearing a milk-stained baby tee from high school that had definitely seen better days, letting my six-month-old aggressively gnaw on my left index knuckle. My husband was practically...

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Dear Past Marcus: A Warning About The Teething Firmware Update

Right now, you're sitting on the edge of the nursery rug in the dark. It's 2:14 AM. The baby is screaming with the intensity of a dial-up modem connecting to a bad server, and you're holding a digital thermometer that...

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The Truth About Buying a Baby Taylor Guitar for Kids

I'm currently watching roughly three hundred and fifty quid’s worth of solid Sitka spruce being used as a battering ram against my Ikea coffee table. My twin daughters, who possess the combined destructive power of a small localized tornado, have...

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