I’ll Always Wish I Had More Kids

David Sacks/DigitalVision/Getty Images Once, in town to help me take care of our 6-month-old while her son was traveling, my mother-in-law and I watched a movie about a woman whose dad is dying. Nodding toward the baby asleep on my chest, she leaned in and whispered to me: “You don’t want her to have...

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10 Editor-Beloved Products Anyone Who’s Feeding A Toddler Should Own

Alena Ozerova/Shutterstock Feeding a toddler can feel like a professional sporting event. It’s one part endurance, one part strategy, and a whole lot of hoping that today isn’t the day they decide that the blueberries they loved yesterday are suddenly trash. I learned this firsthand — like we all...

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The Invisible & Emotional (& Deeply Sentimental) Labor of Kids Clothes

You know those TikTok “Clean With Me” videos where some woman does a voiceover that’s like, “My anxiety has been really bad lately and that’s why there’s 8,000 loads of laundry on my floor,” and she’s trying to normalize digging through the pile? That’s not what this is about — but I definitely relate...

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I Share Grocery Shopping With A Mom Friend & It's Changed Everything

A few months ago, I was enjoying an adult beverage with my new-ish friend Julia when she mentioned that every Monday she goes grocery shopping at the Berkeley Bowl, a beloved East Bay institution that is half produce. My son likes to brag that just the apple section of Berkeley Bowl is the size of...

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How To Make Time For Sex, Even When Your House Is Full Of Tiny People

Owen Franken/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images Prioritizing our sexual connection has been one of the most valuable moves my partner and I have made, as both partners and parents. But when we brought our newborn baby home, sex was the last thing on either of our minds. We had been through a dayslong...

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I’m An Only Child, & I’m Jealous But So Happy That My Kids Have Each Other

Growing up, I used to beg my parents to have another baby. “Please,” I would plead with them, “I need a brother or sister!” I really wanted a sister when I was younger, but as I got older, I would take any sibling. Someone else who shared at least some of the same DNA and lived in the same house as...

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This Place Has The Coolest Items To Upgrade Your Kids' Rooms As They Grow

Society6 There comes a moment in every parent’s life — generally around the time a kid starts kindergarten — when the lovingly designed nursery you poured so much manic nesting energy into begins to look in need of a serious glow-up. After all, children don’t just age out of cribs and changing tables;...

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