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The Scary Truth: What Is RSV In Babies (And How We Survived)

It was 2:14 in the morning, and I was staring at my four-month-old daughter's ribcage in the glow of a turtle-shaped nightlight, convinced I was losing my mind. Maya is seven now, but I still get full-body hives when I...

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Writing a Baby Shower Card That Doesn't Sound Completely Awkward

My mother told me a shower card must make the pregnant woman cry tears of deep joy. My buddy Dave said I should just scribble "Sleep is a lie, good luck" on a Post-it and tape a twenty-dollar bill to...

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What the Travis Hunter Baby Reveal Taught Us About Privacy

The biggest lie modern parenthood sold us is the wooden letter board. You know the exact one I mean. It sits next to a two-hour-old infant, broadcasting their precise weight, length, birth hour, full legal name, and hospital location to...

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The baby sis strikes back and other living room hostage situations

I'm sitting on the living room rug at two in the afternoon. The baby is asleep in the bassinet. My toddler is standing exactly three feet away, holding a rigid plastic triceratops, staring at the newborn with the kind of...

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My Sunny Side Up Baby Gave Me the Back Labor From Absolute Hell

It was 3:14 AM on the linoleum floor of Room 4 at Mt. Sinai, and I was wearing my husband Mark’s faded 2012 indie band tour t-shirt because nothing else fit my massive, 40-weeks-pregnant body. I was clutching the hospital...

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When Do Babies Get Measles Vaccine? A Portland Dad's Guide

I was sitting in Dr. Lin's examination room with a color-coded spreadsheet printed on actual paper, which should tell you everything about my mental state at the time. My daughter was six months old, we were exactly three weeks out...

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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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When Should Babies Roll Over? The Unofficial Milestone Guide

Nobody warns you that the first time your kid successfully flips themselves over, it won't be a triumphant, cinematic milestone captured in crisp 4K, but rather at 2:13 AM when you wake up to find a furious swaddled burrito thrashing...

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Who Is The Baby In Fantastic Four? A Sleep-Deprived Investigation

When our twin girls finally arrived, the influx of advice was swift, unyielding, and entirely contradictory. My mother-in-law insisted I keep them perpetually encased in heavy wool lest they catch a phantom draft in our predictably stuffy London flat. The...

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