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A folded dark cotton adult clothing protector resting on a dining table next to tea.

Lätzchen für Erwachsene: Why My Stance on Adult Bibs Changed

Tuesday night. Mashed sweet potato on the wall. A spreading tea stain. It's the classic sandwich generation cliché brought to life in my dining room. I'm cutting grapes into symmetrical quarters for my toddler while simultaneously pretending I don't see...

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Dear Jess: The Truth About Baby Goats White Background Prints & Pets

Dear Jess of exactly six months ago, you're currently standing in the middle of the Home Depot paint aisle clutching a swatch called 'Alabaster,' fully convinced you're about to effortlessly recreate that flawless Instagram nursery. You know the exact room...

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Unpacking the Baby Three V3 Toy Trend and Having a Third Kid

It was Sunday morning and I was standing in my kitchen wearing the exact same cranberry-colored yoga pants I had slept in, desperately waiting for the coffee machine to stop dripping, when my sister-in-law walked in and handed my seven-year-old,...

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A confused dad looking at a squirrel in a London park while holding twin toddlers

How Many Babies Do Squirrels Have? A Garden Mystery

The incident began on a particularly damp Tuesday in our local park, right around the time I was wondering if it was socially acceptable to drink a lukewarm thermos of coffee at 9 a.m. Maya and Chloe had their faces...

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University of South Alabama Baby Babysitter Program Truths

When I needed to leave my kid for the first time, my mother-in-law told me to just find a neighborhood girl and pay her five dollars an hour because she survived that exact scenario in the eighties. A week later,...

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Tired dad sitting on the nursery floor between a baby and a golden retriever.

Surviving The Man Dog Baby Triangle: A New Dad's Guide To Chaos

Pixel's nose is shoved so far under the bathroom door he's practically snorting the bathmat, while eleven-month-old Leo is in the tub trying to eat a soapy washcloth. I'm currently typing this one-handed on my phone, damp from a recent...

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Finding Fangs: When Do Cats Lose Their Baby Teeth

Listen. I was pulling dried oatmeal off Maya's favorite baby tee when I stepped on the needle. It wasn't a sewing needle, though. I reached down to rub my heel, fully expecting to pull out a rogue piece of plastic...

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Wait What Whiskey Is Balcones Baby Blue Doing In The Nursery

I was sitting on my living room floor surrounded by crumpled pastel tissue paper and half-opened gift bags from my baby shower. My mother-in-law was perched on the sofa keeping a literal ledger of who bought what so the thank-you...

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A chaotic backyard barbecue setup with smoked baby back ribs and kids playing on blankets.

My Chaotic Weekend Learning How to Smoke Baby Back Ribs With Kids

I was elbow-deep in raw pork juice at 6:15 AM on a Saturday, staring blankly at a massive, slippery cut of meat while Maya, who's seven and currently entrenched in her "question everything" phase, stood three inches from my hip...

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