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The Reality Of The Baby Box Trend (Cardboard Beds To Alarms)

I once had a first-time mother in the maternity ward ask me if she should throw out her expensive solid wood crib because a parenting blog told her infants only thrive in cardboard boxes. She was holding a beautifully printed...

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Debugging the Jogging Stroller: When Can We Actually Run?

I was exactly 400 meters into my first postpartum run around Mt. Tabor, pushing our everyday walking stroller, when the front wheel hit a stray pinecone and the entire chassis vibrated like a smartphone receiving an emergency alert. Inside the...

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A messy baking sheet of oven roasted baby potatoes cut into safe wedges for a baby

Why Oven Roasted Baby Potatoes Terrified Me (And How I Fix Them)

It was a Tuesday, exactly 5:43 PM, and I was wearing my husband Dave’s oversized college lacrosse t-shirt that smells vaguely of basement and stale coffee. I had reheated my morning coffee four times at this point, and I was...

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Exhausted mom drinking coffee while toddler plays safely behind a gate away from dog

What Nobody Tells You About Having a Pitbull and a New Baby

I was sitting on the sticky laminate floor of our kitchen at 2:14 AM, wearing maternity leggings with a suspicious yogurt stain on the left knee, absolutely sobbing into a mug of decaf instant coffee. I was seven months pregnant...

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Baby wearing a corrective cranial helmet sleeping peacefully in a crib

The Honest Truth About Flat Spots and That Expensive Baby Helmet

I was sitting in the pediatrician's office with my oldestβ€”who's now five and completely fine, but was then a three-month-old potato with a head shaped vaguely like a deflated footballβ€”convinced I had ruined his brain forever. I’d gone down a...

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System Failure: Searching for Baby Clothes Near Me in Portland

The sound was suspiciously similar to a ketchup bottle emptying its final contents, but we were miles from a diner and my eleven-month-old daughter was entirely too pleased with herself. We were at Mt. Tabor park, I was trying to...

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Frustrated mom drinking coffee next to a rear-facing baby car seat in a messy car

A Letter to My Past Self About Surviving Baby Car Seat Chaos

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently jammed into the backseat of the Honda, one knee completely numb because you're using your entire adult body weight to press a massive piece of plastic into the upholstery. Your iced...

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System Meltdown: A Clueless Dad's Guide to Surviving Colic in Babies

I was bouncing on a half-inflated yoga ball at 140 beats per minute, frantically whispering "shhh" while my five-week-old son screamed so aggressively his face looked like a boiled lobster. My Apple Watch buzzed to congratulate me on my intense...

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A dad staring confused at a blank baby shower card next to a coffee

Writing a Baby Shower Card When You Have No Idea What to Say

I was standing in the greeting card aisle at the local Portland Fred Meyer, holding a pastel yellow card featuring a deeply anatomically incorrect stork, completely paralyzed. I had solicited advice from three different people on what to write in...

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