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Toddler in a dragon costume surrounded by wooden blocks and plush toys in a messy living room

When Baby Dragon Saves the Dukedom: Surviving the Fantasy Stage

Listen, trying to negotiate with a toddler who has currently identified as a mythical fire-breathing reptile is a rookie mistake. I know this because I spent three full days last week trying to apply clinical logic to my two-year-old's sudden...

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Why The Baby Ashlee Nudes Color Trend Needs To Stop Right Now

I was elbow-deep in a laundry basket full of aggressively beige clothing yesterday when my grandma called to ask why my youngest always looks like a Victorian orphan on my Instagram stories. I had to laugh, mostly to keep from...

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Tired mom sitting in a modern baby recliner in a nursery room

Why Your Back Deserves a Real Baby Recliner (And What to Skip)

It was 3:14 AM, and I was glued to an antique wooden rocking chair that my mother-in-law graciously insisted we use for our firstborn. Jackson, who's now five and is my permanent cautionary tale for basically every parenting mistake I’ve...

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Why baby jane bourbon is a childproofing nightmare

When my son's first tooth started aggressively pushing its way through his lower gums last month, I received three distinct pieces of troubleshooting advice. My dad, operating on legacy parenting code from 1989, told me to just rub a drop...

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Stressed mom holding a blue baby blanket in a messy nursery

Dear past Jess: Put the eucalyptus baby blue plant down now

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently standing in the floral section at H-E-B, balancing a squirming six-month-old on your hip while your toddler tries to systematically crush every bag of tortilla chips in the next aisle. You look...

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Baby boy sitting on a rug wearing a soft organic cotton henley romper instead of a stiff suit.

Letter to past me: finding an easter outfit baby boy will tolerate

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're currently standing in the toddler section of Macy's on State Street, staring at a three-piece tweed suit made for a human who can't yet walk. You're sweating through your scrubs after a twelve-hour...

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Tired mom trying to stealth feed a sleeping baby in a dark room

The Messy Truth About Trying to Dream Feed Baby Every Night

My foot found the only rogue plastic dinosaur left on the rug at 10:43 PM. I bit my lip so hard I tasted copper, balancing a warm bottle of pumped milk in my left hand while trying not to breathe...

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Exhausted mom in hospital bed staring at newborn baby yawning

So, Can Your Newborn Really Be Born With Teeth? (My Freakout)

The biggest, most universally accepted myth about giving birth is that you're going to be handed this perfect, squishy, entirely gummy little blob of a human. I fully believed this. I thought I had at least six solid months of...

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RealCare Baby Simulators: The Brutal Truth About How They Work

I found it wedged between a moldy juice box and a soccer cleat in the back of my sister's Honda Odyssey. A stiff, heavy, unblinking plastic infant. My sixteen-year-old niece was slouched in the passenger seat, staring at it with...

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