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Toddler in a sustainable smock looking at a yellow duckling in a backyard grass pen.

So You're Looking for Baby Ducks for Sale? Read This First

"Just get one at Tractor Supply, it's basically a low-maintenance puppy," my neighbor confidently declared over the fence last Tuesday while watering her petunias. "They will literally coat your house in microscopic feces and your children will get dysentery," my...

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The 2 AM Google Panic: What a "Baby Drill" Actually Means Today

It was exactly 2:14 AM when the daycare app pushed a notification to my phone. I was already awake because D (that's how my son is logged in my sleep-tracker spreadsheet, just "Baby D" to save keystrokes at three in...

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Unhappy infant wearing a stiff tulle baby dress next to comfortable organic cotton onesies

The absolute disaster of putting your infant in a fancy baby dress

We're at my sister-in-law's house in Naperville for a holiday party. My daughter is four months old and I've wrestled her into a heavily embroidered, synthetic silk baby dress that cost more than my first stethoscope. She looks like a...

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Tired mom holding a coffee cup while a toddler in an organic cotton onesie pulls her hair.

The Literal Baby Don't Hurt Me Phase Of Parenting Is Actually Wild

It was a random Tuesday at exactly 6:14 AM, and I was wearing those tragic gray sweatpants with the mysterious bleach stain on the left thigh that my husband absolutely hates. I had exactly half a sip of lukewarm French...

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Toddler girl pushing a wooden toy stroller with a baby doll inside.

Why Your Kid's Baby Doll Accessories Are Actually A Massive Deal

It was 2:15 PM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the living room rug in a pair of yoga pants that hadn't seen an actual yoga studio since roughly 2018. I was enormously pregnant with Leo, sweating through...

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A tired mom sitting on the living room floor keeping a large dog away from a newborn

How to Bring a Baby Home to Your Dog Without Losing Your Mind

I was sitting on my faux-Navajo living room rug, covered in sour milk spit-up, physically restraining my 70-pound mutt Buster by his collar while my newborn screamed in the bassinet, trying to mentally sort through the absolute circus of advice...

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Tired mother sitting beside a baby delight bassinet in a dimly lit nursery

Why The Baby Delight Bassinet Might Actually Save Your Sanity

It was 3:14 in the morning, and I was staring at a fifteen-hundred-dollar spaceship of a smart sleeper that my colicky firstborn was currently screaming bloody murder inside of. That was the exact moment I realized the biggest myth in...

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Exhausted dad attempting to pack a baby changing bag for a day out

Surviving That First Ridiculous Baby Day Out Into The Wild

I stood with my hand hovering over the front door handle for a solid forty-five minutes, paralyzed by indecision. My twin girls, who were roughly ten weeks old at the time, were actually asleep in the gargantuan double buggy that...

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Tired dad holding a coffee mug while looking at his phone in a messy living room

Why The Viral Baby Crying Meme Hits Way Too Close to Home

It's 2:14 in the morning. I'm sitting in the dark in my living room, the blue light from my phone illuminating my deeply exhausted face. I'm looking at a viral post about a toddler who's completely losing his mind because...

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