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A tired mom dealing with a baby diaper blowout on a waterproof floor mat.

Lil Baby The Leaks: Stop Diaper Blowouts (Not The Rap Album)

"Just put a rubber band around the waist," my grandmother told me over the phone while I was standing completely frozen in my living room, knee-deep in something that looked exactly like stadium mustard. "Or switch to that expensive bamboo...

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Surviving The Dust Cloud: Johnson's Baby Powder & Nappy Rash

It’s 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. The heating in our London flat is making that ominous clanking sound that usually precedes a massive repair bill, and Florence (Twin A, currently the undisputed heavyweight champion of dramatic screaming) has decided her...

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The Leaks Lil Baby: Surviving The Midnight Diaper Blowouts

The smell of ammonia always hits you before the wetness does. It was three in the morning. My toddler was standing in his crib, sobbing softly, completely drenched from the ribs down. I stood there in the dark, calculating how...

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Mom holding a mug of cold coffee and looking confused at an old bottle of baby powder on a messy changing table.

What Is Baby Powder Used For Now? The Truth For Modern Parents

I was wearing this horrific floral maternity dress—the one with the giant sunflowers that basically made me look like a walking, heavily-breathing sofa from 1993—sitting on my sister’s beige rug opening gifts at my shower for Maya seven years ago....

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Stop misusing aquaphor baby healing ointment on rashes

I slathered a thick layer of petroleum jelly onto my daughter's wet, bright red bottom at three in the morning thinking it would act like a fire blanket. I was entirely wrong. By the time the sun came up, her...

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Tired dad staring at a massive stack of newborn baby diapers.

System Error: What I Wish I Knew About Newborn Diapers

Dear Marcus from eleven months ago. You're currently standing in the Target diaper aisle, holding your phone open to a highly formatted Google Sheet. You have calculated that based on an average output of 8.4 voids per day, you need...

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My 3 AM Diaper Rash Disaster: The Truth About Water Wipes Baby Care

It's 3:17 AM. My oldest son, Jackson—who's basically my walking, talking cautionary tale at this point—is screaming so loud I'm pretty sure the cows in the pasture next door are waking up. I've got him pinned down on the changing...

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The Messy Truth About Pampers Baby Dry Diapers From A Tired Mom

It was 3:14 AM, the exact hour of the morning when your soul is the most tired, and I was holding my oldest son while a distinct, cold wetness seeped entirely through my favorite cotton pajama shirt. He was three...

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The Great Baby Changing Station Lie: A Dad's Guide To Diapers

I’m holding a wipe in my teeth, my left forearm is pinning a kicking 11-month-old to a foam pad, and I’m desperately trying to unfold a clean diaper with two fingers. The biggest myth they sell you at the shower...

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