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My Powerful, Impossible Wish For My Baby To Look Just Like Me

7 hours ago | romper.com | Ruthie Ackerman

I’ve always been proud my hands look just like my mother’s, even though we’ve had a strained relationship for most of my life. That’s because my mother’s hands look like her mother’s hands, and I never had a chance to meet my grandmother Ruth, although I was named after her. Somehow knowing my hands connected me to my matrilineal line gave me a feeling of belonging. When my husband and I decided to use donor eggs to have a baby, resemblance was one of my first questions.
My Postpartum Rage Completely Blindsided Me

2 days ago | romper.com | Margo Steines

Through the muffle of both an interior door and an exterior one, I hear a chair scraping against pavers. Instantly, adrenaline courses through my body. I can hear the whoosh of my blood pumping in my ears, can feel a flat and unyielding pressure against my sternum and throat.
Is This The End Of The Teen Babysitting Era?

2 weeks ago | romper.com | Courtney Tenz

As a child of the ’80s, I spent my summer breaks either babysitting or being babysat. Teen sitters held a mythical status for me. I was in awe of the neighbor who walked me to the library, taught me how to paint my nails, and introduced me to Days of Our Lives on lazy summer days. I know I wasn’t the only one altered by the presence of the girl next door.
On Top Of Everything Else, Now I Have To Worry About My Kid's Milk?

2 weeks ago | romper.com | Brittney McNamara

Every evening at about 6:30 p.m., I pour my toddler a sippy cup of cold milk and we curl up on the couch next to my husband. “Mama sit!” he says, his way of asking to sit on my lap as he enjoys his milk and a movie of his choosing. It’s a joyful moment of family time, a carefree and cozy break at the end of our busy days. When I learned that the Food and Drug Administration paused its quality testing on milk, my mind immediately went to our sweet family ritual. It rocked me.
My Kid Is Begging For A Pet. Is It Worth The Risk To My Sanity?

3 weeks ago | romper.com | Sarah Wheeler

Dear GEP,My 8-year-old has been begging me for a puppy, and I worry I am losing my resolve. Part of me thinks it could be sweet and give him some good company; part of me thinks it will ruin our lives. Are pets really worth it? Could we just get goldfish or what?
Talking Openly About My Miscarriage Saved Me

3 weeks ago | romper.com | Jessica Zucker

Sixteen weeks into my second pregnancy, I had a miscarriage alone at home on an otherwise unremarkable autumn afternoon. I had officially entered the supposed “safe zone” of the second trimester, the point in pregnancy where risks of fetal complications and loss drop dramatically. By the time I saw bright red blood, I was certain I was “out of the woods.” I had finally begun to wrap my mind around the idea of having another child.
Postpartum Made Me Stupid

4 weeks ago | romper.com | Emily Barasch

After having my first baby, the only thing I was completely sure of was that pregnancy and postpartum had rendered me stupid. Yes, my brain was stimulated to the nth degree, but I was only thinking about breakfasts, lunches, dinners; nap schedules, teething, toddler colds, rotaviruses, Covid, pink eyes, ear infections, and bulbous medieval diaper rashes. It felt important, and it was important but it wasn’t actually all that deep. Or satisfying.
All The Joy That Fits In A Big Age Gap

1 month ago | romper.com | Katie McPherson

FAMILY PLANNINGYou don’t have to have kids close together for them to be close at all. My family tree has always felt more like an orchard. I have two half-siblings who are unrelated to each other, but I’m so close to both of them you’ll never catch me using that term again. Ashley is nine years older than me, and my little brother Garrett is 20 years my junior.
I’ll Always Wish I Had More Kids

1 month ago | romper.com | Lynn Steger Strong

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 to deal with your death all by herself.”She was kidding, I think. But 14 months later, I gave birth again. It was intense, insane, having two kids under 2 in a tiny New York apartment.
The Invisible & Emotional (& Deeply Sentimental) Labor of Kids Clothes

1 month ago | romper.com | Samantha Darby

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 to her. Not because I have anxiety or depression or even that I’m so overwhelmed and I can’t stay on top of it. It’s because I have children.