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Throwdown Thursday: Why I Let My Kids Cry and Why You Should, Too

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This post kicks off a new biweekly-ish feature at Amateur Parenting: Throwdown Thursday, wherein we discuss controversial parenting topics. This feature will  alternate more or less with Throwback Thursday, wherein we talk about life before kids or life at earlier stages of parenthood. Have a request for a topic? Contact us with your idea! My twins are 10 months old,… Read more »

How I Learned to Sleep Again, and Taught My Babies, Too

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Over the last 4 weeks or so, I’ve become increasingly desperate for three things: More sleep. A predictable daily schedule. Unrestricted access to coffee (see No. 1). It only took about 5 months, but the exhaustion has reached a new level. As Princess Mommy put it on Facebook a few weeks ago, my sleep bank is so overdrawn it should… Read more »