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My Instagram algorithm convinced me I could potty train in 3 days. It was wrong Original

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By Hannah Pasternak
| Motherly Verified
What our failed potty-training experiment taught me about modern parenting—and knowing when to quit. By Hannah Pasternak Updated Sep. 16, 2026 This is the first in Motherly’s new series, Can I Be Honest, where moms share the fears, fails and triumphs we’re afraid to post in the group chat. Because being a mom is hard work, but it’s a lot easier when we can talk about it. I figured I could potty train my daughter in three days flat, because this is what my Instagram algorithm told me.
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I Went on a $1,700-a-Night Sleep Retreat Original

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By Hannah Pasternak
| self.com
Sleep retreats are, indeed, for the weary. I suppose I fit into this category. In early December of last year, my then-20-month-old daughter came down with an angry case of RSV. I was already burning the candle at both ends: She afforded me little sleep for the first year of her life, and since then I’ve been trying to catch up. Quickly after the onset of her illness, our routine went to shit. Life with a young child is like a long train of dominoes—just one has to fall, and it all goes down.
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The New Outdoor Voices: Is It As Good As It Was in 2016?

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By Hannah Pasternak
| self.com
The year was 2015. Obama was president, green juice was nigh, and Outdoor Voices and Man Repeller—with Tyler Haney and Leandra Medine Cohen still at the helm of both brands, respectively—collaborated on a “kit”: a head-to-toe athleisure look that was meant to be worn both inside the gym and out. It was the first of many viral moments I can recall in the early Outdoor Voices days. Over the next few years, the brand became a movement.
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