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A tired mom holding a heavy toddler on a waist seat carrier at a hot outdoor festival.

When My Back Gave Out: The Ugly Truth About a Baby Hip Carrier

We were twenty minutes into the Parker County Peach Festival when I felt something in my lower spine actually shift. It was 98 degrees in the shade, the air felt like a wet wool blanket, and my sixteen-month-old son, Beau,...

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Why the wild baby lion parenting trend is completely exhausting

I'm standing in the produce aisle at Marianos while my two-year-old arches his back so hard he resembles a freshly caught trout. He's furious because I won't let him bite directly into a raw, unpeeled sweet potato. An older woman...

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A dad looking exhausted while his one-year-old twins play with wooden toys on a rug

Surviving the Chaos: The Truth About Raising a One-Year-Old

I was on my hands and knees, using a blunt butter knife to scrape a disturbing amount of smashed avocado out of the grooves of our Victorian skirting board, when I realised the greatest lie of modern parenting. The lie...

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A tired dad holding a teething twin who is happily chewing on a silicone toy

The exact number of tiny teeth to expect (and how to survive them)

There I was, standing in our London kitchen at four in the morning with a screaming toddler on each hip, trying to sort through three entirely contradictory pieces of advice I’d received that week. My mother-in-law had cheerfully suggested rubbing...

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A tired dad holding a jar of honey while looking suspiciously at a sleeping toddler.

Why the Sweet Stuff Is Off the Menu: A Guide to Honey for Infants

Tuesday, 3:18 AM. Twin A (the one with the lungs) has developed a cough that sounds vaguely like a sea lion demanding fish. My phone vibrates on the nightstand. It's my mother, who possesses a bizarre sixth sense for when...

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Two twin toddlers standing in a living room looking demanding

Surviving The Boss Bitch Baby Phase Without Losing Your Dignity

Tuesday, 6:14 AM. The sun hasn't quite breached the London skyline, but my flat is already the site of a hostile corporate takeover. Clementine is standing in her cot, holding a soggy rice cake like a gavel, demanding that I...

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Frustrated dad drinking coffee while toddlers play with kpop demon hunters toys

Surviving The Kpop Demon Hunters Baby Phase With Twin Toddlers

I'm currently crouched behind our kitchen island at 6:15 am, clutching a lukewarm mug of instant coffee and watching my two-year-old daughters attempt a synchronized tactical roll across the living room rug. One of them is holding a rather grubby...

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Exhausted dad holding twin babies on an airplane while surrounded by luggage.

Buying Lil Baby Tickets: The Great Airplane Lap Infant Lie

The seatbelt sign dings with that specific, mocking chime. I'm currently wedged into row 14B of an easyJet flight to Geneva, sweating through my jumper. Twin A is arching her back with the rigid intensity of a feral cat dodging...

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A wooden push toy sitting in a messy living room next to a cold cup of coffee

The Only Sane Guide to Finding the Best Baby Walker Right Now

When Maya was eight months old, we went to a family barbecue where I received three entirely different lectures about baby mobility in the span of twenty minutes. My mother-in-law cornered me by the potato salad to insist that I...

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