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A pink Casio Baby-G watch slipping off a seven year old's tiny wrist

The Truth About Buying A Baby G-Shock Watch For Your Kid

It was exactly 3:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in the middle of my kitchen wearing yoga pants with a highly questionable yogurt stain on the knee, desperately trying to saw through a thick pink resin watch...

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Overwhelmed parent trying to figure out sustainable baby gear while holding a toddler

Why a 1980s baby boom cast makes more sense than modern apps

My mum casually mentioned last Tuesday that if I didn't start putting a pulverized rusk into the twins' nighttime milk, they would never sleep past 4 am and I'd be looking at stunted growth by their third birthday. The bloke...

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A pregnant mom holding a list of cute baby girl names on a notepad

How to Choose Cute Baby Girl Names Without Losing Your Mind

We're sitting in the parking lot of a Texas Roadhouse in the dead of August. I'm 38 weeks pregnant, sweating through a maternity shirt I bought on clearance, and absolutely sobbing into a to-go container of buttered rolls. Why? Because...

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Marcus looking stressed while packing a massive diaper bag by the front door

Why a Real Babys Day Out Requires a Massive Deployment Pipeline

I was standing by the open door of my Honda Civic, sweating through a flannel shirt in 60-degree Portland weather, holding a diaper bag that weighed roughly the same as a car battery. My 11-month-old son was strapped into his...

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Tired mom sitting in a nursery rocking chair holding a digital thermometer

Surviving Midnight Fevers: The Thermometers That Actually Work

I was standing in the master bathroom completely naked at two in the morning, trying to read a plastic pacifier thermometer by the light of my iPhone flash while my firstborn screamed like I was actively torturing him. That was...

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Dad holding a smartphone trying to film twin toddlers in Kianao bodysuits

Why I ruined bedtime with that viral Million Dollar Baby song

I was crouching behind the living room sofa, my phone balanced precariously on a half-empty packet of water wipes, waiting for the heavy bass to drop. The plan was incredibly simple. I'd film Florence and Matilda in their breakfast-stained sleepsuits,...

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Brooke Shields documentary playing on TV while a mom drinks coffee on a messy couch

The pretty baby brooke shields documentary totally broke my brain

It was 11:43 PM on a random Tuesday, and I was sitting on the couch in my husband Mike's college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the highly questionable bleach stain on the kneeβ€”eating slightly stale goldfish crackers directly off Maya's Elsa plate....

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Exhausted mom holding the TV remote while folding baby clothes

Letter to Past Me: That Sorry Baby Movie Is Definitely Not A Comedy

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the faded living room rug in your yoga pants, elbow-deep in a mountain of mismatched toddler socks, staring blindly at the streaming menu. Your oldest is trying to feed his...

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A toddler sitting on a playmat while an older girl reads a graphic novel on a green sofa

Why The Modern Baby-Sitters Club Reboot Is Actually Good

Sitting on my sofa last weekend, I made a critical error in judgment. I queued up the baby-sitters club 1995 movie for my ten-year-old niece, Maya, expecting a beautiful bonding moment over vintage denim and childhood innocence. Don't do this....

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