By Lyncon Martinez I’ll Hold You Now Because You Won’t Be Little Forever
It's 3 a.m., and I am purely exhausted. I sit in silence listening to you breathe. I stare at your…
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By Katie Revai LeFevre What I Wish I’d Known about Having a Preemie
I never expected I’d give birth to a preemie. My firstborn was born a week and a day past her…
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The Baby I Never Met Made Me the Woman I Am Today
Dear baby I never got to officially meet, I just wanted you to know I still think about you all…
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By Caitlin Van Hefty To My Winter Baby
Your arrival into this world was in true Minnesota fashion. You decided it was time to make your entrance on…
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I Learned Firsthand Why You Should Never Let Toddlers Push Their Siblings In Strollers
Recently, I came across a reel on one of my social media platforms: a short clip showing a young toddler…
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Balancing Life and Loss
“Dance! Dance!” I sat on the kitchen floor in front of a dishwasher full of clean dishes. We had just…
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By Kayla Runkel We Decorated This Room for a Different Baby
Soft October light floods the room as I softly glide in the rocking chair, nursing my baby boy to sleep.…
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RSV Season Is Back and So Is My Plea: Please Don’t Kiss the Babies
It’s been two years since the darkest chapter of my life as a mother. My then-newborn son, a preemie, had…
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God Held My Baby and Me in the NICU
I had been here before. I had sat in the green recliner, holding my baby with wires attached to their…
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By Victoria Hulmes Close Your Eyes, Mommy, I Am Here
As candles flicker across the world, United in love tonight, I think of you, my little one, My baby: my…
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Today I Washed Your First Load of Laundry
I’m 31 weeks pregnant today. For a while, whenever I’d begin to get a let’s get nesting, I’m not ready…
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By Hannah Sample Thank You God for the Tiny Washcloths
It was a random night after bath time, and I was cleaning the bathroom mess while my husband tended to…
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