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The Reality Of Having A Tongue Tied Baby And What Actually Works

There's a rumor running through modern parenting groups that clipping a tiny piece of tissue under your newborn's tongue will magically cure colic, fix sleep regressions, and make them stop crying when you put them down. I used to sit...

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What I Wish I Knew Before Feeding My Baby Real Food

Dear Marcus from six months ago: Right now, you're staring at a piece of steamed broccoli, sweating through your gray t-shirt, completely convinced that handing this tiny green tree to your six-month-old daughter is a catastrophic user error. You've spent...

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A Letter To Myself About The Baby Humidifier Situation

Dear Jess of last November. You're currently standing in the baby aisle of Target at two in the morning, staring bleary-eyed at a wall of plastic water-blowing machines while your four-month-old sounds like a tiny, asthmatic pug in the shopping...

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The truth about baby gronk age and our toxic prodigy obsession

The six-year-old was sitting on the examination table with an ice pack on his knee, looking like he wanted to be anywhere else on earth. His dad was standing next to him in full athletic gear, holding a clipboard and...

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The 3 AM Eczema Meltdown That Changed How I Dress My Kids

It was 3:14 AM in a stuffy, overheated Airbnb in Zermatt, and I was wearing my husband Mark’s oversized Ramones t-shirt that still smelled vaguely like airplane air and desperation. Maya was four months old, and she was screaming a...

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The ugly truth about reflux in babies and the endless laundry

A mom came into the pediatric ER at two in the morning a few years ago carrying a bassinet mattress that looked like it had been constructed into a crude ski ramp. She was exhausted, practically vibrating with anxiety, and...

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What I Learned Googling the Rosemary's Baby Cast Late at Night

It was 2:14 AM, the exact ambient temperature of our Portland living room was 64.2 degrees according to my heavily customized smart home dashboard, and my 11-month-old was finally asleep on my chest after what felt like a critical firmware...

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Truths About the RSV Vaccine for Babies (And Surviving Winter)

There's a spectacularly dangerous lie told to first-time parents by well-meaning older relatives, usually delivered over a lukewarm cup of tea. They lean in conspiratorially and tell you that a mild winter cold is actually brilliant for building up a...

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Checking For Shaken Baby Syndrome Symptoms At 3 AM Is Terrifying

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the decibel meter app on my Apple Watch was aggressively tapping my wrist to warn me about prolonged exposure to loud environments. My son was hitting 92 decibels. I was doing this...

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