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11-month-old baby playing safely under a wooden Kianao play gym without any hazards.

The Real Baby Traps (And Why I Googled Billionaires At 3 AM)

Last Tuesday at 2:14 AM, I found myself trying to gently fold my son’s thigh like a piece of origami just to get it out from between the wooden bars of his crib. Baby T had managed to wedge his...

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The 3 AM Panic Over an Imaginary Baby Wolf and Real Spiders

It’s 3:14 AM and I’m standing in the hallway wearing my husband’s stained college sweatpants, entirely unable to process what's happening. The baby monitor is just blinking this angry little green light at me, and through the static, I can...

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A frustrated mom looking at her toddler who just shoved a green pea up their nose during dinner.

Baby You Got Something In Your Nose: A Toddler Survival Guide

I was standing at the kitchen sink yesterday, frantically trying to scrub crusted oatmeal off a plastic dinosaur plate while three loads of laundry soured in the washing machine. I had the radio playing, and I was actually singing the...

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First time dad looking frustrated while staring at a car seat base in his car.

Letter to My Past Self About the Best Baby Car Seats

You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of the Subaru, staring at the rain pounding the windshield while Sarah is upstairs in the triage unit. You're drumming your fingers on the steering wheel, running through mental checklists, feeling a smug...

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Marcus trying to apply Coppertone baby mineral sunscreen to his squirming 11-month-old infant in Portland.

To My Past Self: Troubleshooting the Coppertone Baby Dilemma

It's currently 94 degrees in Portland, and I'm hiding under a nylon pop-up canopy at Laurelhurst Park, desperately tracking my son's core temperature while he aggressively tries to eat a handful of dry woodchips. I'm writing this to you, Marcus...

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Mother placing soft acoustic earmuffs on her infant daughter's head at an event

The Medical Reality of Buying Baby Headphones: A Nurse's Guide

We were sitting in row fourteen at my cousin's sangeet in Schaumburg when the bass from the dhol vibrated through the floorboards and straight up into my sternum. My daughter was barely three months old. I had my hands clamped...

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A half-empty coffee cup next to my phone showing baby safety articles

The truth about the Emmanuel Haro case and my own parenting anxiety

I was sitting in my 2018 Honda CR-V in the preschool pickup line, staring blindly at my phone. Maya was in the back seat kicking my chair to the rhythm of some song only she could hear, and I was...

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