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A tired mom looking at baby shower invitations for a girl on her laptop

The brutal reality of picking baby shower invitations for a girl

I was twenty-six weeks pregnant, eating fruit antacids like they were candy, staring at my laptop at two in the morning. The screen was a sea of aggressively pink digital paper. The search query was simple enough. I was just...

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Mom holding a floral baby shower guest dress next to organic baby clothes

What to Look for in a Baby Shower Guest Dress (Without Losing Your ...

Dear Jess of six months ago, currently standing in front of your open closet, sweating into a stained Target graphic tee while trying to figure out what the heck "garden casual" means. I see you, I'm you, and I need...

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A tired father pushing a massive double stroller through a muddy London park

My Love-Hate Relationship With The Massive Uppa Baby Stroller

I was standing in what can only be described as a biblical amount of mud on Hampstead Heath, rain aggressively lashing against my glasses, while Twin A screamed with the sheer lung capacity of an opera singer and Twin B...

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Sarah drinking coffee while looking stressed at a laptop

Why I’m Terrified of the Internet and Buying Fox Blankets Instead

So my mother-in-law told me last week that I should just throw all our iPads into the nearest large body of water, my tech-bro brother-in-law said that if my seven-year-old Maya isn't coding in Python by now she’s basically going...

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Mom singing there goes my baby lyrics to her crying infant in a dark nursery.

Searching 'There Goes My Baby Lyrics' Saved My Sanity Tonight

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing on the freezing cold tile of our nursery in a nursing bra that I'm pretty sure had sour milk on the left strap and sweatpants with a massive hole...

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Confused dad staring at baby monitor while baby rolls from back to belly in crib

When Do Babies Roll: A First-Time Dad's Guide to the Midnight Flip

2:14 AM. The baby monitor is glowing like a radioactive brick on my nightstand. I'm staring at a grayscale pixel blob that's supposed to be my four-month-old daughter, except instead of lying flat on her back like a compliant little...

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Pregnant mother packing a hospital bag with newborn essentials

When is kat timpf's baby due? The late pregnancy waiting game

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting in my kitchen with ankles the size of bruised grapefruits, aggressively googling when is kat timpf's baby due. It was a completely irrational fixation. I don't know this woman. But she had announced her...

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Mother pacing a dark nursery while soothing a crying baby over her shoulder

Why do babies cry: A late-night letter to my exhausted self

It's 3:14 AM and you're standing barefoot on the cold hardwood floor of our Chicago apartment. The radiator is hissing that metallic, rhythmic sound it only makes when the temperature outside drops below zero. Your three-week-old is screaming a jagged,...

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A newborn baby experiencing skin-to-skin contact wrapped in an organic blanket after crying when born

That Terrifying Silence: Why Do Babies Cry When Born Explained

The operating room was literally freezing. I'm talking meat-locker cold, which nobody warns you about when you're prepping for an emergency C-section. I was shivering so hard my teeth were clicking together, staring at this giant blue paper drape while...

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