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January Newborn Survival: Forget the Baby Garnet Birthstone Myths

It's three in the morning and you're holding a screaming two-week-old in a freezing, dark room. You type something stupid into your phone because you're desperately trying to figure out if your January newborn's stubbornness is astrological. You search for...

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Finding The Perfect Baby Goat Name For Toys and Nursery Themes

My mother-in-law told me I had to do a woodland nursery because farm animals "smell like chores." My neighbor Sarah insisted I buy raw milk from her cousin's pasture because "commercial formula is a scam." And my mom just dropped...

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The Viral Baby Pelican Meme and What We Actually Learn from Seabirds

It was 3:17 AM, and my oldest sonβ€”who's now five and is my daily cautionary tale of why we don't negotiate with emotional terroristsβ€”was screaming his head off for the fourth time that night. I was scrolling Tumblr in the...

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Exhausted dad holding a crying baby wrapped in an organic cotton blanket

A Letter To Myself About Surviving The Evening Scream Fest

I found this note sitting in my drafts folder from exactly six months ago. My mate Dave had just texted me from the pub (a man who currently thinks 'tired' means getting eight hours of sleep but waking up once...

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Exhausted dad holding a 1 month old baby while staring at a coffee cup

The survival guide to your 1 month old baby: Grunting and chaos

It's 3:14 AM and I'm currently having a staring contest with a four-week-old dictator. Before this week, both my twin girls were essentially sleepy, squishy potatoes who occasionally demanded milk. But at exactly one month old, a terrifying switch flipped....

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