The Internet People My Parents Warned Me About
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Some of my best friends are people I’ve never met. I don’t mean that in a “strangers are just friends you haven’t made yet” sort of way. They’re from the internet.
Premature Anxiety: Out Too Soon
January 3, 2022
We may have been safe, but we were not unscathed. I felt the potential catastrophes around each corner. And in the shadows lurked the great What Ifs. The Could Have Beens packed themselves into each crack of my surface.
I Think I’m Failing Kindergarten
November 27, 2021
I think I’m failing Kindergarten. My pre-parenthood M.O. was to avoid the stuff that overwhelmed me. Especially school. Because math.
What You Need to Know About Lactation Donation
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Somewhere, at some point, a woman sat connected to a pump and had gotten more than her baby could eat. Her lactation donation helped my preemie.
In Defense of Unusual Baby Names
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The first day of school would inevitably include the correction of my name in the vast majority of rolls called. It’s not “Rhianna” or “Rhiawwna.” I don’t know why people seem to assume the “n” is silent.
How to Take Your Kids Camping without Losing Your Mind
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Camping is easy enough as an adult…until you have kids. When you take your kids camping, there’s so much more that you have to consider.
My Baby is a Worrier: She Gets it From Me
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Puppy Surprise Is Everything Wrong With Maternity Care in America
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The box invites you to see Puppy Surprise make weird panting noises. It is not the sound of a happy dog. It is the sound of a dog mid-panic attack.
No Underwater Piano for My Kid
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Underscheduled? My daughter looks at hobbies like a buffet—today she is on another ballet kick, last month it was pottery. She can’t pick just one.
How to Take Your Kids Camping without Losing Your Mind
August 15, 2019
Camping is easy enough as an adult…until you have kids. When you take your kids camping, there’s so much more that you have to consider.
The Internet People My Parents Warned Me About
January 8, 2022
Premature Anxiety: Out Too Soon
January 3, 2022
I Think I’m Failing Kindergarten
November 27, 2021
What You Need to Know About Lactation Donation
July 22, 2021
In Defense of Unusual Baby Names
June 13, 2021
My Baby is a Worrier: She Gets it From Me
April 10, 2020
Puppy Surprise Is Everything Wrong With Maternity Care in America
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No Underwater Piano for My Kid
October 20, 2019
How to Take Your Kids Camping without Losing Your Mind
August 15, 2019
The Internet People My Parents Warned Me About
January 8, 2022
Premature Anxiety: Out Too Soon
January 3, 2022
I Think I’m Failing Kindergarten
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What You Need to Know About Lactation Donation
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In Defense of Unusual Baby Names
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My Baby is a Worrier: She Gets it From Me
April 10, 2020
Puppy Surprise Is Everything Wrong With Maternity Care in America
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No Underwater Piano for My Kid
October 20, 2019
How to Take Your Kids Camping without Losing Your Mind
August 15, 2019
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