The Truth About Postpartum Anxiety and the bhad babie cancer News
My phone buzzed so hard it nearly vibrated right off the kitchen counter into a pile of smashed bananas. I was up to my elbows in dish soap, aggressively trying to scrape yesterday's dried oatmeal off the highchair tray, when...
Why The Go Baby Justin Bieber Song Is Exactly What Moms Need
My mother-in-law told me to "sleep when the baby sleeps" while giving my messy, laundry-covered living room this highly specific, terrifying side-eye. The hospital lactation consultant, a woman whose hands smelled violently of industrial sanitizer, instructed me to feed on...
Why the Kali Uchis Baby Approach Actually Works for Normal Moms
There I was, wedged between the humming dryer and a towering basket of unfolded towels at 2:32 AM, bouncing a highly agitated four-month-old on my hip while desperately scrolling my phone with my thumb just to stay awake. Out here...
The Search for the Best Cooling Blanket When Nobody Actually Sleeps
I asked three different people what to do about the fact that my wife and I were waking up at 3 am glued to our mattress like damp Post-it notes. My mum suggested leaving a window open, which in November...
Dear Past Me: The Real Truth About Finding A Local Baby Cafe
Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. You're sitting in the passenger seat of your sister's 2018 Subaru Outback, wearing those black leggings with the tiny hole in the left knee, balancing a sweating, lukewarm half-caff iced Americano between your...
Dear Me: What I Wish I Knew About That Happy Baby Organic Formula
You're currently sitting on the edge of the bathtub, the bathroom door locked so your husband doesn't hear you crying, with your phone screen brightness turned down to one percent while you frantically google what the heck you're supposed to...
Does the baby die in Squid Game Season 3
I was thirty-eight minutes into episode four, balancing a sleeping infant on my left breast and a bowl of cold dal on my right thigh, when I aggressively hit pause. My husband flinched from the other side of the sofa...
How the Dijon baby album perfectly captures new parent chaos
"Sleep when the baby sleeps," my mom told me over a plate of lukewarm brisket right after my oldest was born, waving her fork around like she'd just delivered the secret to eternal life. Meanwhile, the lactation consultant at the...
It's All Over Now: Surviving The Postpartum Day Five Crash
My mate Dave, over a very hurried pint three weeks before the twins arrived, told me the secret to the first week at home was to "just keep the kettle on and your head down." The glossy NHS leaflet we...