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Why Most Baby Carriers Fail Dads and How We Finally Fixed It

Listen, I thought I was being a supportive, eco-conscious wife when I bought us a matching organic linen ring sling. It was a brisk April morning in Chicago, and I stood on our front porch watching Amit in the driveway....

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The truth about that Jenna baby nude photo uproar

My mother-in-law swore my baby needed three layers of wool at all times or he would catch a draft and perish instantly. A lactation consultant in a fluorescent hospital basement told me skin-to-skin meant I shouldn't wear a top for...

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Taylor Swift And Baby That's Show Business For You: A Mom's Take

There's this massive, steaming pile of a myth out there that the second they put a squirming, screaming newborn on your chest in the hospital, your brain just instantly deletes all pop culture knowledge to make room for the lyrics...

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Why The January 27th Beanie Baby Birthday Hunt Almost Broke Me

It was 2:14 in the morning, and the blue glow of my phone screen was the only thing illuminating the massive pile of laundry I'd been ignoring for three days. I was frantically refreshing a sketchy auction page, my thumb...

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My Nightmare Hunting Down a January 18th Beanie Baby

It was 2:14 in the morning, the harsh blue light of my phone screen burning my retinas while I sat on the floor of my laundry room, folding the fourth load of toddler pants for the week. I had just...

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The Truth About That January 16 Beanie Baby Nursery Trend

So it’s 6:14 AM, I’m wearing Dan’s oversized college hoodie that smells faintly of spit-up and regret, and I’m staring blankly at a dusty purple hippo. My mother-in-law had triumphantly handed it to me the day before. "It's Tubbo!" she...

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Troubleshooting the Nostalgia of a January 11th Beanie Baby Toy

It was 10:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I was deep into a terminal window trying to figure out why our staging environment kept throwing 502 gateway errors. My 11-month-old son, Leo, was finally asleep after what I can only...

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The 3 AM Nostalgia Spiral and the January 10th Beanie Baby

I was wearing my husband Dave's college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the mysterious bleach hole near the left kneeβ€”balancing a lukewarm mug of dark roast on my nursing pillow, while frantically refreshing an auction site on my phone. My left breast...

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Finding the Ideal Humidity for Baby: A Letter to My Past Self

It's exactly fourteen minutes past three in the morning, and you're currently standing in the center of the girls’ bedroom in just your boxer shorts, clutching a damp muslin cloth like a surrender flag. You're staring at a cheap digital...

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