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By Hannah R.
For the first almost four months of your life, we lived in bliss. You woke and boldly took in everything around you, fed greedily from my body and then fell deeply asleep. I naively thought "this parenting thing is way easier than my anxieties/society had led me to believe". Then stuck inside for 13 days in isolation, the dreaded "4 month sleep regression" occurred.
Read MoreBy Anonymous
I didn't quit until after having my second child. I didn't even last a month after my return from maternity leave. I mustered the courage and took the plunge. I wouldn't do that shit again.
Read MoreBy Anonymous
Sometimes the best way to help my 4 mo old fall asleep in the car is to put my hand on them and otherwise completely and totally ignore. Then I proceed to doom scroll Instagram on my phone. No eye contact. No worrying. No hand movement. An indeterminate amount of time goes by and then they’re asleep.
Read MoreBy Alicia E.
“Do I look like a mommy?” I ask my husband as I hold our son in my ring sling. “Yes, you do. Now let’s get this mommy and baby out the door and to the doctors!” We stumble to the car with the overly packed diaper bag.
Read MoreBy Mika G.
When I brought you back home from the hospital, the excitement of determining my own parenting style flowed through my veins.
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