Can Babies Eat Baby Doll Pizza? The Takeout Incident
I was standing on Stark Street in Portland in a light drizzle, holding a lukewarm oat milk flat white that cost entirely too much money, while my husband Dave balanced a massive, grease-stained cardboard box on his hip. We were...
Dear Past Marcus: Surviving Solids With Baby Lemon Impossible Pies
I'm currently scraping a cemented, neon-yellow blob of crust off the exact midpoint of our kitchen floor at 3 AM using an old credit card. Itβs stuck to the hardwood like industrial adhesive. This is my life now. Dear Marcus...
The Truth About Chili's Baby Back Ribs For Your Weaning Toddler
It's half past five on a dreary Tuesday, and I'm staring at my twin daughters who look less like children and more like they've just survived a highly localised explosion in a barbecue sauce factory. One of them is wielding...
The Claire Saffitz Pregnancy and The Truth About Baking For Two
The biggest lie the baking world feeds pregnant women is that the raw egg is the villain. Listen. I spent six years in pediatric triage and let me tell you a secret. The eggs are usually fine. It's the raw...
My messy search for the best high chair for baby (and sanity)
It was a Tuesday in 2017, and I was sitting in my Nissan Rogue in the parking lot of a BuyBuyBaby (RIP), wearing yoga pants with a suspicious crusty stain on the left knee, crying into a lukewarm vanilla latte....
The Absolute Terror Of Feeding Your Baby Shrimp For The First Time
I was standing over the kitchen sink at exactly 8:14 AM on a Tuesday, wearing sweatpants that definitely had three-day-old oatmeal on the thigh, aggressively staring at a single, grey, frozen crustacean. My husband Mark was hovering over my shoulder...
Feeding Your Baby Salmon: The Bones, The Smell, The Absolute Mess
It was a Tuesday around 6:15 PM, and I was wearing my one good silk shirt. Why I was wearing a dry-clean-only Madewell top in my own kitchen while feeding a six-month-old is a mystery that I'll take to my...
The Absolute Worst Night I Tried Roasting Baby Potatoes
I'm standing there holding a wooden spoon like some kind of medieval weapon, and it's exactly 6:18 PM on a Tuesday. The kind of Tuesday that feels like it's been going on for fourteen actual years. I'm wearing my husband's...
The Truth About Air Fryer Baby Potatoes (Before and After Kids)
"Mummy, hot!" screams Twin A, pointing an accusatory sticky finger at the sleek black monstrosity occupying half our kitchen worktop. It's 5:14 PM. The witching hour. My wife is not home from work yet, I'm wearing a t-shirt that smells...