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The Truth About Singing "...Baby One More Time" To Your Kids

When I brought my oldest son home from the hospital, I was hit with a barrage of unsolicited advice about what he should be listening to that basically made me want to hide under my bed. My mom swore up...

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Daniel Caesar's Baby Blue Is My Secret 3 AM Infant Sleep Hack

It’s 3:17 AM, and I’m locked in a staring contest with the glowing red ring of my smart speaker, mentally calculating the exact amount of force required to smash it into a thousand pieces. The hyper-chipper, mechanically synthesized xylophone beat...

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How Always Be My Baby Lyrics Fixed My Kid's 2 AM Sleep Bug

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, the Portland rain is actively trying to break my windowpanes, and I'm standing in the exact center of the nursery desperately trying to remember the bridge to a 1996 Mariah Carey pop anthem. My...

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When Your Kid Starts Singing Rich Baby Daddy Lyrics

If you want to know how to handle a four-year-old screaming the rich baby daddy lyrics at the very top of his lungs in the middle of Trader Joe's, I've three distinctly different pieces of advice for you. My mother...

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The Truth About Madison Beer Yes Baby And Your Infant's Sleep

I was sitting in the preschool pickup line yesterday, elbow-deep in a lukewarm thermos of coffee, when the mom in the pristine white Tahoe next to me rolled her windows down and started blasting what sounded like a Miami nightclub...

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Why The Ella Mai Baby Secret Made Me Rethink Everything

Right now, there's a half-chewed oat biscuit adhered to my left kneecap with what I can only assume is industrial-strength toddler saliva, and I'm staring at my phone screen in absolute awe. I'm looking at photos of Grammy-winning R&B singer...

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The absolute truth about lullabies for babies and infant sleep

I'm standing in the middle of our Chicago apartment and the radiator is hissing that metallic, dry heat sound. It's 3:14 in the morning. My son is four months old, his face is the color of a bruised plum, and...

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The Truth About Baby Sleep Music (And My 3 AM Mistakes)

It was 3:14 AM. I know the exact time because the glowing red numbers on my alarm clock were mocking me. I was standing in the middle of Leo's nursery, swaying like a seasick sailor, wearing sweatpants with a mysterious...

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A Tech Dad's Guide to Baby Music and Debugging the Mozart Myth

It's 3:14 AM, and my Apple Watch is actively warning me that the ambient noise in our nursery has breached 85 decibels. Baby M is mid-meltdown, his face the exact color of a system-critical error screen, while I frantically swipe...

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