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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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Sarah's coffee cup next to a messy high chair for baby with silicone plates

My messy search for the best high chair for baby (and sanity)

It was a Tuesday in 2017, and I was sitting in my Nissan Rogue in the parking lot of a BuyBuyBaby (RIP), wearing yoga pants with a suspicious crusty stain on the left knee, crying into a lukewarm vanilla latte....

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Clueless dad staring at a disassembled baby food maker on a kitchen counter

Troubleshooting Purees: My Hunt for the Best Baby Food Maker

It was 1:14 AM and I was holding a tactical flashlight to the water reservoir of a $150 baby appliance. I had my phone camera zoomed in to 3x magnification, trying to verify if the cluster of black specks inside...

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Baby chewing on a safe silicone baby toon spoon while sitting on a play mat.

Note to past Priya: The truth about the baby toon and choking

Dear Priya from last November. You're currently staring at a bowl of mashed sweet potato and sweating through your scrubs. Your hands are shaking because ten minutes ago he choked. Or you thought he choked. He went red, his eyes...

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Tired dad mixing European baby formula bottle in the kitchen at night

Decoding European Baby Formula When You Are Running on No Sleep

The timestamp on our smart nursery thermometer read 3:14 AM. I was sitting cross-legged on the kitchen tiles, surrounded by three different brands of domestic baby powder, a sticky bottle, and a 4-month-old who sounded like a dial-up modem failing...

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Tired mom holding a baby bottle while looking at measuring lines in the kitchen

Formula Milk For Baby 0-6 Months Quantity: A Real Mom's Guide

I was standing in my kitchen at 2:14 AM with my oldest son, Carter, squinting at the tiny faded red lines on the side of a plastic bottle under the microwave light. I had formula powder literally stuck to my...

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Messy high chair tray with squished roasted baby potatoes and a teether

The Absolute Worst Night I Tried Roasting Baby Potatoes

I'm standing there holding a wooden spoon like some kind of medieval weapon, and it's exactly 6:18 PM on a Tuesday. The kind of Tuesday that feels like it's been going on for fourteen actual years. I'm wearing my husband's...

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A tired mom holding a tin of infant powder and a cup of cold coffee in her kitchen.

Why The Nestle Baby Formula Drama Has Me Completely Stressed

My sister was sitting on my kitchen floor yesterday, absolutely sobbing over a tin of white powder while her six-week-old screamed in a bouncy seat, and honestly, I've never felt more seen. I was standing there in my yoga pants...

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Baby Brezza sterilizer on a kitchen counter next to silicone baby bottles

Debugging the Baby Brezza Bottle Sterilizer: An Honest Dad Review

At 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, I was standing over a pot of violently boiling water with a pair of silicone salad tongs, trying to fish out a breast pump flange without melting my fingerprints off. My wife was...

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