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The dark reason new mothers share photos of their kids on FacebookYou haven’t showered in a few days, and you haven’t brushed your teeth yet this morning.
Updated July 21, 20225 min read
You haven’t showered in a few days, and you haven’t brushed your teeth yet this morning.
Even armed with a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, I remember the frightening first moments after bringing my newborn daughter home from the hospital. I wasn’t sure what to do—and not at all confident that I was capable of being the parent she needed me to be. Every little decision about feeding and caring for this helpless human seemed momentous and fraught with anxiety. What if I don’t make it a full year of breastfeeding? Should I turn off the TV whenever she is in the room to avoid passive screen exposure? Is it OK for her to enter full-time day care at five months?