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From baby’s first year to their first day of school and everything in between (and beyond), we cover topical, timely, and important parenting topics to keep you well-informed (and entertained) in these difficult modern times.

World's Smallest Baby Born

World’s Smallest Baby Released From Hospital After Six Months

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Baby Saybie earned the title of world’s smallest surviving baby when she was born in December of 2018. At the time of birth, she weighed only 8.6 ounces and was small enough to fit in the palm of her doctor’s hand. For comparison, that’s about the same weight as a large apple or a juice box. Can you imagine? According to the University of Iowa’s Tiniest Babies Registry (who knew that was a thing?!), the little miracle weighed 7 grams less than the previous tiniest baby record holder, a baby girl born in 2015 in Germany. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Meet the Infinity Baby: 10-Year-Old Records Mom Giving Birth in Car on Way to Hospital Baby Saybie arrived in December, three months earlier than expected, at San Diego’s Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns. The little lady was delivered via emergency C-section after it was discovered that she was not gaining weight in utero due to preeclampsia. But last week, some amazing news finally came: Saybie was discharged from the hospital weighing 5.6 pounds! The hospital released a video of Saybie’s mother sharing the news. “They told my husband he had about an hour with her and that

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Unusual Baby Names - Daenerys Targaryen

5 Unusual Baby Names Your Kid Is Guaranteed to Hate

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Fifi Trixiebell. Satchel. Blue Ivy. Kyd. Celebrities can get away with a lot, including picking unusual baby names that stray way left of traditional. And if celebrities can do it, so can we… right? Wrong. Just like wearing a hat on your hat, some things are best left to the tried-and-true paparazzi magnets, not those of us just trying to get every last spaghetti-crusted sippy cup into the dishwasher before bedtime. I’m not saying you shouldn’t name your kid something off-the-wall just because Beyoncé did. I mean, follow your dreams and all that. I just urge you to carefully consider the long-term ramifications for the actual living human being who is your child. RELATED: The Best Celebrity Baby Names of 2019 (So Far) You love your kids, right? And you want them to be happy? Of course you do! So please, for the sake of your future children, stop and think twice before choosing one of these 5 kinds of unusual baby names they’re basically guaranteed to hate. The Syllable-Heavy Last Name as First Name via GIPHY There’s been a recent trend of baby names that would be more at home as the surname for a British viscount: think Hunter,

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Funny Parenting Tweets

17 Hilarious and Relatable Parenting Tweets to Get You Through Your Day

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Like a fine wine paired with the perfect meal, the ups and downs of parenting tend to go very well with social media. Through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, we can see that we aren’t alone. And we can see that people are struggling and dealing with the weird parts of mom and dad life the same way we are. These 17 hilarious parenting tweets are proof of that. We like to round up funny parenting tweets from time to time, because so much truth can be found in under 240 characters. The hard stuff, the strange stuff, the really laugh-out-loud funny stuff. We relate to it all. So without further delay, here are 17 parenting-related tweets that will make you laugh and feel less alone. Mother’s Day Witticisms Mixed Signals Repeat After Me… 7 a.m. Sock Debacle An Object That Strikes a Chord of Terror Rude! No Sleep ‘Til… Never ‘Such Is the Nature of Pants’ Your Pretend Is My Reality Bueller? Bueller? Is This Thing On? A Reason for Existing A Point Was Made A Secret Crime We’ve been there, fellow parents. We’ve been to all those places. So next time you’re feeling bogged down by all of the

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Moms Share Parenting Advice

Real Moms Share the One Piece of Parenting Advice They Wish They’d Been Given Before Having Kids

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When you’re a mom, or about to become a mom, advice comes with the territory. Good advice, unsolicited advice, advice from unexpected people. But not all advice is equal, and some of the best advice somehow manages to elude the moms who need it most. So we ask: What is the one piece of parenting advice you wish you’d been given before having kids? Over on the Mamas Uncut Facebook page, we turned to the robust community of commenters to ask that very question. What is the ONE thing you wish you’d known before you had your first baby? That thing that is like, “Why did no one tell me THIS?” – Mamas Uncut Facebook Page The Mamas Uncut community responded in turn with all kinds of advice they wish they’d been giving before becoming moms for the first time. Let’s get into it! Pregnancy and Labor Advice via GIPHY “That giant list of what you and baby need for the hospital is silly. I only used like 1/5 of what I packed.” “That I could wear Depends instead of those gigantic pads, that you can get the shakes during labor from hormones, that back labor is very real and

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