Scary Mommy and AleksandarNakic/Getty “I had an easy newborn.” I’ve heard women say this many times. Mystified, I’m almost six years into motherhood and I’m not really sure what it means to have an easy day. When my second son was about a month old, I went to a coffee shop to sit and cry.…
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Scary Mommy and Nenov/Getty “Your baby’s too sick to stay here. We’re going to transfer him to the PICU where he can get more care.” As I processed the nurse’s words, a tsunami of panic engulfed me. I gasped for air. Moments earlier, my newborn son had been urgently admitted to the hospital’s pediatric unit.…
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Photo by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz from Pexels Prior to having a baby, you’ll hear a lot about how good breastfeeding is for your little angel — and that’s true. You’ll also hear about how it’s a bonding experience between you and the baby. Facts! But what you may not hear nearly as much is that,…
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NickyLloyd/Getty My husband and I have two-year-old boy/girl twins who were conceived via IVF. While I always say that going through infertility to conceive my children made me a more resilient mom, I have to admit, the “terrible twos” are no joke, especially with twins. Still, when I think of having another baby, I’m not…
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Courtesy of Suzy Lofton Becoming an “old new mom” was never part of my plan, but here I am. And while I’m so grateful for my beautiful family, having a child later in life has definitely been a different experience. The path leading to my geriatric pregnancy looked much the same as it does for…
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Scary Mommy and Kevin Dodge/Getty Okay, full disclosure: I hate baby showers. Like, I emphatically despise the whole thing. The only baby shower I’ve ever enjoyed was for a friend having a baby via surrogate. No pregnant lady and lots of booze. All the rest of them feel like torture. You’re forced to make small…
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Courtesy of Kristin Raymond Today, I dared to leave you alone in the kitchen for approximately three minutes — 180 seconds while I raced to the bathroom to hastily pee and do a half hand wash with the speed and efficiency only a mother of a two-year-old wild child can summon. When I returned, still…
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Courtesy of Dr. Pooja Sharma Heartbreaking doesn’t even begin to describe that sinking feeling you get when you see your baby behind a door, in a glass box, in nothing but a diaper, with tubes shoved up her nose, a name tag on her wrist (so she doesn’t get mixed up with other babies —…
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Scary Mommy and Big Joe/Getty This is what I wish I knew before I had my daughter, Addison. This is what I wish I could vocalize to Michael throughout her entire newborn stage. We might have had a baby together, but darling, your child, your priority right now, is not that sweet precious bundle of…
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Katie Cloyd/Instagram Having a baby during the COVID-19 pandemic has been really emotional and weird for me. I had my last baby in early January. When I first laid eyes on her, I knew she was the last piece of our family puzzle. We were complete. I was totally sure that 2020 was going to…
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