Joe falls or bumps something or trips on one of his 47 cars or any part of his growing body and bumps something, cries. Me: Do you want me to kiss and make it better? …
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the rub
While waiting for what’s left of my meager breast milk to dry up, so that I can do what I need to do to stay Myself, I find myself weirdly wishing that my daughter needed …
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skincare routine
Facialist: so what’s your skincare routine? First I wash my face in the shower with a product that another face person, facialist? at some point recommended to me. The brand is Skin. Skin something. it …
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snarf
Verb; to Snarf; an entirely made up word that we invented because there was no other word that described the sounds a newborn makes at 4 in the morning when farting, dreaming, digesting, and sounding …
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EASTER NEVER DIES
This Easter, we decided that since we have a toddler and a 5 week old the most LOGICAL thing to do is HOST EASTER IN OUR BACKYARD, because at some point along the way, after …
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Hours Devoures
Stay grounded, the writer was told by her father, if you find success in your career, don’t let it go to your head. Stay humble and kind, said all of the country songs, the ones …
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to all the dresses I didn’t pick
What happens to the wedding dresses you don’t pick? They stay on your phone, growing weeds around them, gathering dust, until one day, you’re fat from eating too many of your toddler’s chicken nuggets and …
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it is you
Unloading the groceries yesterday afternoon, I had the fleeting thought, wow I’m tired, I really don’t want to figure out where to put this 40th jar of back up peanut butter, maybe the Grown-ups will …
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Nipples
Here’s something they don’t tell you about having kids: if you’re like me and don’t have a Garden of Eden flowing river of breast milk, so you give your baby both breast milk and formula, …
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what is pelvic floor
Here lies Woman. She died trying to engage her pelvic floor while emptying the dishwasher, trying to squeeze her abs and glutes while picking a piece of scrambled egg off the floor, she died. She …