Hi, this is Libby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

I'm also the host of Moms Don't Have Time to Lose Weight, and I'm the editor of the anthology,

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Zibby Owens and my website is Zibi Owens.com. Okay, now back to this amazing podcast. Sophie Brickman is the author of Baby Unplugged, One Mother's Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age. She is a reporter, writer, and editor who has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, L. Sever, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other outlets. Her work has also appeared in the best food writing and the best American science writing anthologies. A Harvard graduate, she lives in New York City with her husband and children. Welcome, Sophie. Thanks so much for coming on. Moms don't have time to read books to discuss baby unplugged, one mother's search for balance, reason, and sanity in the digital age. Thank you so much. It's lovely to be here.

Oh, I wrote this essay a long time ago called A Mother's Right to Sanity. So I feel like,

you know, I have not yet found it myself, but I'm hoping that you found it in your search.

Oh, no, not really. But, you know, I did my best. I'm being forward. I actually have a six-week-old right now.

He's yesterday. So I'm in the thick of it. Oh, my gosh. Six-week-old baby and another child and a book? And another child. This is my third kid. Oh, that's your third child. Growing gasoline on the fire at this point. Yeah. Wow. I'm two daughters, five and two, and then a baby.

Oh, my gosh.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much.

Wow. I'm two daughters, five and two and then a baby. Oh my gosh. Congratulations. Thank you so much. Wow. Well, how are you doing all this?

Coffee. Coffee. Glass of coffee. I have various cups. No, I'm hanging in there. It's been, it's been very enjoyable, actually. So good.

Keeping all the balls in the air. Well, then,

I mean, your topic is perfect. It's like you've channeled your life into your work. So that's always the

best way to go about anything. Talk about baby unplugged, what it's about, you know, the quest for

to sort through all the technological baggage that comes to being parents.

So my husband, Dave, is in the tech world.

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