The Longest Shortest Time
Summary: You read all the books, took all the classes. So how come when your baby arrived, you still felt completely lost? This American Life contributor Hillary Frank interviews new parents about their struggles and how, in the long run, that early never-ending crisis mode winds up feeling like a blip.
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The first installment in our miniseries following a woman through early motherhood.
Toilets, exposed body parts, . . . pornography?! My friend Nat shares her horror story about pumping at work.
A toddler sniffs all of his Christmas presents before opening them and his mom realizes something is really wrong. What Tourette's, OCD, and ADHD look like in a young child.
A newly married guy finds out his wife is pregnant while he's at sea and just a few years later, to his surprise, becomes a stay-at-home dad.
An exasperated mom decides that her daughter WILL nap in her crib by the end of the week.
My friend Kristin and I reminisce over our frequent angsty phone calls after our daughters were born. And she reveals something to me she's never told me before.
Seth Lind interviews my daughter. And she, um, embarrasses me.
First it was bathing suits, then jackets and sweaters. Then underpants. How far would Joyce's daughter take this anti-clothes thing?
An unexpected tragedy turns a mean mommy into a laid back one.
Thirty-four years after having me, my mom breaks down for the first time over not being able to breastfeed me.
A vegetarian of 22 years decides that the way to fix her son's umbilical hernia is to start eating meat.
A mom who finds breastfeeding stressful discovers that a machine helps her feel closer to her son.
After having her first child, a woman experiences heart failure and is told she has less than a 50 percent chance of surviving another pregnancy. Through a surrogate, she finally gets her "miracle" baby and is surprised to discover he's just a regular old baby.
A woman leaves her dream job to stay home with her baby, and then, out of boredom, starts sewing and unwittingly creates a new full-time job for herself.
A newborn turns blue, is rushed to the NICU, and his parents deal with going home while the baby remains in the hospital, hooked up to machines.
