HeyJaredFortesa Latifi
journalist writing about family vloggers and mom influencers while also trying to figure out new motherhood
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this is my life with a 12-week-old (opens the original)
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7 A.M.I hear C, my 12-week-old stirring, and I wake up. She sleeps in a bassinet at the foot of our bed. I take her out and sit on the rocking chair in the corner of the bedroom to feed her. While I’m doing that, I call my mom and tell her we’re awake. It’s also her birthday so I tell her happy birthday.7:30 A.M.I make coffee for my mom and myself and sit on the couch with her while I do my make-up. We chat and the baby plays on her play mat. My 2-year-old, E, isn’t up yet. I get dressed and str
motherhood is the strangest portal I’ve ever passed through (opens the original)
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It’s 1:10 p.m. in Los Angeles. My mom is rocking my almost-12-week-old daughter, C, to sleep and E, who is 2, is about to fall asleep in her crib.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1350" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cYfD!,w_1456,c_limit,
I almost forgot what motherhood is about (opens the original)
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As I write this, I’m nap-trapped. My 11-week-old is sleeping on me because she, like her sister before her, has decided that she can only nap when someone holds her.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1783" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G
day in my life with a 9-week-old (opens the original)
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5:30 A.M.C, my 9-week-old, slept so well last night that I don’t want to write about it here because any parent knows that talking about good sleep is a jinx. So I’ll say this: I hear her crying around 5:30 and wake myself up. I breastfeed her and lay her back down in her bassinet then tag my husband in. Basically, what this means is that I go back to sleep in the guest room and he is on duty when C wakes up.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
we have to talk about influencer baby names part II (opens the original)
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okay, guys. if you know me, you know I’m obsessed with two things in this world: the world of mom influencers/family vloggers and baby names. when those two things collide? it’s basically my super bowl.in a world in which influencers are the new celebrities, it’s only fitting that they’re following celebrity naming conventions and getting… creative. so let’s do a rundown of my favorite (as in, most interesting/wild/bananas/can’t believe it) and my actual favorites (as in, I would maybe use these
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