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Exhausted dad looking stressed while wrestling twins in a busy kids clothes shop

The Oxford Street Kids Clothes Shop Incident and Other Regrets

We were twenty minutes into a torrential downpour on Oxford Street when Twin A discovered a rack of heavily sequined, faux-leather mermaid trousers. Twin B, meanwhile, was systematically pulling the size stickers off every pair of denim jeans in a...

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Exhausted mom holding a onesie covered in a mysterious yellow stain while a baby sleeps peacefully.

The Only Newborn Outfits You Actually Need (And What to Burn)

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the window AC unit in our bedroom was fighting a losing battle against the Texas humidity. I was dripping in postpartum night sweats, sitting cross-legged on the rug in my mesh hospital...

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Tired dad looking under a car seat for a small pink baby lovey blanket

How a Single Bunny Blanket Took Our Entire Family Hostage

I'm currently upside down in the backseat of our Prius with a flashlight clamped between my teeth. It's 11:43 PM. My wife is standing on the porch holding a screaming eleven-month-old, and we're tearing the car apart because we lost...

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A dad holding a silicone baby teether and looking confused in his kitchen

The great baby silicone migration: a dad's troubleshooting guide

My mother-in-law texted me a picture of a 1980s plastic playpen yesterday, assuring me that my wife gnawed on the rails for months and turned out completely fine. Ten minutes later, my neighborβ€”who brews her own rainwater kombuchaβ€”leaned over our...

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Clueless dad looking at baby registry app on smartphone while baby plays with box.

Buy Buy Baby Registry: What I Wish I Knew Before Building v1.0

I'm currently sitting on my living room floor, surrounded by a mountain of collapsed cardboard, trying to figure out how to process a return for a piece of modular stroller suspension that I clearly ordered in a sleep-deprived fugue state....

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Stressed mom holding an iced coffee looking at a baby car seat in a messy car.

The Big Lie About Finding the Best Car Seat (And Surviving the Drive)

It was 98 degrees in a BuyBuyBaby parking lotβ€”RIP to that store, honestly, I spent half my pregnancy wandering those aisles in a dazeβ€”and I was sweating through my gray maternity leggings. You know, the ones from Target that always...

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Frustrated dad holding a questionable secondhand stroller in the rain.

The Stressed Dad Rules for Used Baby Gear and Sleep Loss

Standing in a stranger’s soggy driveway in southeast Portland at 9:15 PM, rain soaking through my fleece, trying to fold a secondhand stroller that smelled faintly of old milk and despair. This was my absolute breaking point. My wife, Sarah,...

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Dad awkwardly holding a smartphone to photograph an 11-month-old baby who is actively chewing on a shoe.

Is the Job of a Brand Ambassador Actually Worth the Stress?

I'm currently wedged between our coffee table and a dangerously overloaded laundry basket, holding a smartphone at a 45-degree angle while making desperate clicking noises with my tongue. My 11-month-old son is supposed to be interacting thoughtfully with a visually...

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Exhausted dad buried under multiple blankets looking for the best cooling blanket option.

The Search for the Best Cooling Blanket When Nobody Actually Sleeps

I asked three different people what to do about the fact that my wife and I were waking up at 3 am glued to our mattress like damp Post-it notes. My mum suggested leaving a window open, which in November...

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