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Exhausted mom drinking coffee while baby chews on a silicone gum teether.

The 3 AM Meltdown That Made Me Finally Buy a Real Gum Teether

It was 3:17 AM in a freezing January, and I was sitting on the floor of my mother-in-law’s guest room in Connecticut wearing a stained pair of maternity sweatpants that I absolutely should have retired two years prior. Maya was...

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A father gently sweeping an infant grooming tool over a newborn's bald head

Why buying a baby comb for a completely bald infant makes sense

Before the twins arrived, my mother-in-law handed me a beautifully wrapped, eco-friendly grooming kit containing a wildly soft bristle brush and a tiny wooden toothed implement. I looked at the ultrasound pictures stuck to my fridgeβ€”two indistinct blurry blobs that...

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Confused dad holding a messy baby's breath floral garland in a nursery

Debugging The Baby's Breath Garland Nursery Disaster

It's 11:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I'm standing on a step stool in my socks, gripping a heavy-duty staple gun in one hand and a crumbling, foul-smelling botanical structure in the other. My 11-month-old son is asleep in the...

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A messy baby covered in bright orange butternut squash puree sitting in a high chair

Dear Past Jess: The Butternut Squash Baby Food Survival Guide

Put the dull paring knife down, honey. Just lay it gently on the cutting board and step away from the counter before you end up in the rural Texas ER explaining to a very tired nurse how a vegetable completely...

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A dad holding pureed homegrown organic lettuce next to a baby in a highchair

Botanical Interests Organic Lettuce Mesclun Gourmet Baby Seed

I was standing in aisle four of the Pearl District Whole Foods, aggressively cross-referencing a bag of pre-washed spinach with the CDC’s active E. coli outbreak database on my phone, while my eleven-month-old actively tried to lick the shopping cart...

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A tired dad trying to wrangle twin babies during a very messy nappy change on a vegan leather mat.

The absolute truth about a black baby changing diaper routine

It's 3:17 a.m. and I'm staring down twin number one (or possibly twin number two, the darkness and sleep deprivation blur them into one collective entity of demands) while the distinct, unmistakable aroma of impending doom wafts from her cot....

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Mom mixing a bottle of organic baby formula in the kitchen

Why I switched to baby's only formula (and stopped stressing)

I was sitting on the floor of my laundry roomβ€”which doubles as the inventory storage for my Etsy shop, don't judgeβ€”holding my phone in one hand and a screaming two-month-old in the other. I had just asked three different people...

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A chronological guide to helping family select a baby's headstone and processing the logistics of infant loss.

When Your Brother Asks You to Help Pick a Memorial Marker

The fluorescent lighting in the monument showroom was humming at a frequency that felt like a localized cyber-attack on my nervous system. I was sitting at a faux-wood desk next to my older brother, Dave, staring at a catalog of...

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Sarah holding a cold coffee mug while rocking a screaming newborn

How Do People Abadon Babies? A Letter To Myself

Dear Sarah from six months ago, It's 2:14 AM. You're sitting on the cold, weirdly sticky tile of the upstairs bathroom floor. You're wearing Dave's gray Villanova sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the literal hole in the left knee that you keep...

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