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A messy baby eating a tiny piece of pizza crust

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...

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Tired mother looking at her phone in a dark nursery

Dear Priya from six months ago about the baby doge trap

Listen. I know exactly where you're right now. You're sitting on the rug in the nursery at three in the morning with a squirming toddler who refuses to sleep, scrolling TikTok with your screen brightness turned all the way down....

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Tired London dad holding two messy twin babies in a posh room

Why I Will Never Buy the Baby Dior Perfume for My Twin Girls

Last Tuesday at precisely 4:15 PM, I found myself standing in a terrifyingly white Georgian townhouse in South Kensington, wiping a smear of mashed banana off my left shoulder while watching a woman named Cressida casually spritz her eight-month-old son...

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A baby reaching for a wooden ring toy on a colorful play mat

Why I Stopped Tracking Baby Development by Week With My Third

It was 3:17 AM, and the harsh blue light from my phone screen was probably blinding my firstborn as I frantically refreshed a developmental tracker app while nursing in our rocking chair. The app was practically screaming at me that...

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Messy pile of organic cotton baby clothes and a lukewarm iced coffee on a nursery rug.

Why I Stopped Buying Flashy Baby Designer Clothes

It was 2:14 in the morning on a Tuesday, and I was standing in Maya’s nursery wearing a nursing tank top that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation, holding my breath. She was three weeks old. My mother-in-law had...

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Baby Delight Alpine bouncer next to a sleeping baby in a Chicago apartment.

Dear Past Priya: The Honest Truth About The Baby Delight Bouncer

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're currently sitting on the cold hardwood floor of our Logan Square apartment, staring at a pile of gray metal tubes and a piece of canvas. Your coffee is cold. The baby is doing...

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An exhausted British dad holding twin girls and a cup of cold tea

Starring in the Real Baby Daddy Show (Minus the Laugh Track)

Dear Tom, You're currently sitting on the edge of the bathtub, wearing a fleece dressing gown that smells faintly of Sudocrem and despair, staring at a phone screen playing an old episode of that American sitcom. You know the one....

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A baby dachshund sitting cautiously next to a toddler's wooden toys

How to Stop Your Toddler from Accidentally Breaking a Baby Dachshund

I was halfway through a tepid cup of Earl Grey when I saw it happening in slow motion. Twin A, my slightly more chaotic two-year-old, was attempting to swing her leg over a visiting twelve-week-old sausage dog like she was...

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A very messy eleven-month-old eating a mini lemon baked treat in a highchair.

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. It’s stuck to the hardwood like industrial adhesive. This is my life now. Dear Marcus...

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