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Mommy Truths
from DFWChild Baby 2020
by DFWChild
Mommy Truths hey, you’re not the only sleep-deprived mom out there
“I enthusiastically yelled, ‘Hey, baby!’ from my car. A random WHEN MY guy twisted his neck back so quickly. To his disappointment, I
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YOUNGEST WAS was greeting my baby boy in his car seat while opening the back 1 MONTH OLD, door.” —JENNIFER, BURLESON I FILLED UP A BOTTLE WITH SUGAR-FREE COFFEE CREAMER INSTEAD OF LIQUID “My baby was in front of our media console, and a fully protected cord was poking out. He started “My son has always been a big boy. When he learned to walk, he would swing his right arm to help him move
BABY FORMULA, convulsing and let out faster. It made me crack up
THEN HEATED IT a yell. I panicked and every time.” —HEATHER, FRISCO
UP AND FED IT TO convinced everyone that MY NEWBORN. I FREAKED OUT AND CALLED POISON CONTROL, WHICH REFERRED ME TO MY PEDIATRICIAN, he got electrocuted. We rushed to the hospital only to find out four hours later that he was constipated and the convulsing I witnessed was just him pushing After having my second, I’m pretty sure that my husband wanted WHO THEN poop out.” —LINDA, DALLAS to commit me. At
LAUGHED AT ME!” one point I was so —HOLLY, ARLINGTON sleep deprived that “Every time my son gets mad at something, he scrunches his face up and says ‘EEERRRRRRR,’ pretending to be a dinosaur. I can’t help but laugh every time. It’s so stinking cute.” —ELIZABETH, I was having staring competitions with RICHARDSON myself in the mirror.”