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A dad holding a baby shower card looking deeply confused in a nursery

How to Write a Baby Shower Card Without Sounding Delusional

I'm standing in the card aisle of the local Tesco, holding a pastel-yellow envelope and aggressively crossing out a pre-printed poem about 'tiny toes and heavenly woes' with a biro. The cashier is staring at me. I don't care. I'm...

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Tired dad looking at a smartphone while holding an 11-month-old baby with a messy uneven haircut

Why My Wife Wanted the 1980s Baby Shalini Haircut at Midnight

At 1:14 AM on a Tuesday, my wife shoved a glowing iPhone into my face displaying a grainy 1980s photo of a child with a perfectly symmetrical, brutally blunt bowl-cut bob. I was barely conscious, trying to reboot my brain...

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Baby looking confused at a messy bowl of pureed food

The unspoken truth about baby rice cereal and starting solids

My mother-in-law was hovering by the kitchen island at two in the morning, holding a cardboard box of generic infant flakes and shaking it at my husband like it was a maraca. She whispered that if we just put a...

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Confused dad checking baby rash on face while holding a smartphone in a dark nursery

Troubleshooting Baby Rash: A Dad’s Guide to Infant Skin Bugs

It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday when the flashlight from my iPhone illuminated my 11-month-old's cheek, revealing a topographic map of angry red bumps that definitely weren't there at bedtime. My wife was asleep. The baby was surprisingly chill....

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A chubby baby sleeping in a baby pen next to a plush penguin

What A Giant Baby Penguin Taught Me About Raising Kids

It was 3:14 AM. I know this because my eyes were burning from the glare of my phone screen, and I was pinned to the rocking chair by my six-month-old, who currently possesses the density and general shape of a...

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A confused mom looking at tiny baby mittens while holding a cold coffee

Dear Past Me: The Ugly, Honest Truth About Useless Baby Mittens

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're standing in your sister's nursery, surrounded by a mountain of crumpled tissue paper and tiny, impossibly small socks. You're holding a little mesh bag of baby mβ€”wait, what are these even called?...

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Exhausted mom rocking her baby in a dark nursery singing a lullaby.

The Messy Truth About Singing Your Baby to Sleep Every Night

I'm currently sitting on my back porch in the middle of nowhere Texas, trying to untangle a massive spool of macrame cord for an Etsy order while my youngest is strapped to my chest, completely passed out. But getting him...

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A toddler sitting in the grass looking very closely at a tiny bug on a leaf.

The Truth About Baby Ladybugs (And When Your Kid Eats One)

I was sitting on our patchy backyard lawn in my stained grey sweatpants, holding a mug of coffee that had been microwaved three times since 6 AM, when Maya ate her first bug. She was about eight months old, right...

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A folded stack of soft earth-toned organic baby bodysuits and blankets

The Honest Truth About Switching to Neutral Baby Clothing Basics

I'm standing in my laundry room right now, staring at a hot pink, tulle-skirted monstrosity that says "Daddy's Little Princess" in scratchy sequins. My oldest daughter wore it exactly once. She screamed for forty-five minutes straight until her face was...

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