Archive - Maybe Baby

#173: My birth story

I’m still processing my birth, but I wanted to document it before the details slipped and I started hand-waving it away like a bad dream. In those early…

Mar 24, 2024 •

#191: The curse of the try-hard

Sep 29, 2024 •

Jun 4, 2023 •

#222: In what specific way are you annoying?

A quiz, of sorts

May 18 •

#170: Like a mother

I could start with the quiet, lonely hours before I pushed my daughter out, tangled up in hospital wires and terrified.

Mar 3, 2024 •

#199: My favorite things of 2024

Not a Gift Guide

Dec 8, 2024 •

#201: "Mom bod" (& other concerns)

Today’s column is loosely parenthood-themed, but also touches universal stuff like complicated sibling dynamics, changing bodies, and anticipating big…

Dec 22, 2024 •

#174: My Barbie headache

+ being doomed at 33 & my writing routine

Mar 31, 2024 •

Dear Baby: Should I “fix” my double chin?

Hey! Happy to be here.

Jul 28, 2024 •

#215: Do you think of yourself as beautiful?

On makeup, fleeing your hometown, and parenting with weird work hours

Mar 30 •

#206: Hosting parties, having babies, being “original”

Today I’ll be answering three reader questions on friendship, babies, and writing.

Jan 26 •

#188: Lessons from babyworld

Sep 1, 2024 •

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