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Why I Stopped Trying to Replicate the Niche Chinese Babies Trend

It's 6:43 AM on a Tuesday, and Florence has gone fully rigid, achieving a level of plank-like stiffness that would genuinely impress an Olympic gymnast, purely to prevent me from putting her left arm into a winter coat. In a...

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My Brutally Honest Review of Little Spoon Baby Food Deliveries

I'm standing in an unfamiliar kitchen in Chicago at six in the morning, holding a plastic tub of green sludge that claims to contain spirulina, chia, and something called a 'dragon fruit.' My twin daughters, Florence and Matilda, are rhythmically...

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When Do Babies Start Eating Baby Food? A Twin Dad's Messy Guide

Dear Tom of eighteen months ago, You're currently standing in the kitchen at 3am, staring at a very expensive, totally unused baby food maker, frantically typing misspelled queries like "when do I feed my babi" into your phone with one...

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Dad wiping lentil puree off twin babies faces in highchairs

The Great Lentil Smear: Iron Rich Foods for Babies Explained

I'm currently standing in my kitchen, staring at a beige splatter on the ceiling that used to be a highly nutritious, iron-fortified chicken and white bean puree, wondering where my journalism career went so spectacularly wrong. Twin A (Florence) is...

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A baby covered in plain yogurt holding a silicone spoon while sitting in a high chair.

The Messy Truth About Baby Yogurt: What I Wish I Knew Back Then

I'm currently staring at a crusty, suspicious white stain on my kitchen ceiling and I've absolutely no idea how it got there. Wait, no, yes I do. It's whole milk Greek yogurt, flung with the precision of an Olympic shot...

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A messy kitchen counter with a puffed up baked pancake in a cast iron skillet next to a spilled cup of coffee.

Why Dutch Baby Pancakes Actually Saved My Sanity on a Tuesday

It was 5:43 AM and I was wearing a pair of maternity leggings that I definitely should have retired in 2019. There was a weird crusty spot on the left knee that was either dried oatmeal or... actually, I don't...

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Confused dad watching his eleven month old destroy a vanilla cake on the floor

Dear Past Marcus: Debugging the First Baby Smash Cake

I'm currently using a plastic putty knife to scrape hardened Greek yogurt off the kitchen baseboards. It's 10:43 PM on a Saturday. The baby is finally asleep, though his hair still smells faintly of mashed bananas and damp sponge. So,...

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The Total Chaos of Starting Baby First Foods at Six Months

It was 10:14 AM on a random Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen wearing a pair of faded grey maternity leggings that I absolutely should have retired six months prior. My first baby, Maya, was strapped into her...

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A confused dad holding a box of infant rice flakes while his baby looks away.

The Firmware Update on Rice Cereal For Babies and First Foods

I was standing in aisle four of our local Portland New Seasons market, staring blankly at a cardboard box of beige dust, desperately checking the version history on baby feeding protocols. My 11-month-old was securely strapped to my chest, actively...

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