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Dad inspecting his baby's mouth for white patches of oral thrush

Is That Milk Or Thrush? A Dad’s Guide To The White Tongue Panic

My mother-in-law told me it was just leftover milk and to leave it alone. The triage nurse on the pediatric hotline asked if my wife's nipples felt like they were on fire. A guy on a Portland dads' subreddit told...

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Why Normal People Are Setting Up Trust Funds for Their Kids

Dear Jess from six months ago, You're currently sitting at the kitchen table at 11:47 PM. You have stale Goldfish crumbs stuck to your sweatpants, you're surrounded by fifty half-packed Etsy resin orders, and you're hyperventilating while staring at a...

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Dear Past Jess: Please Do Not Put On That Million Dollar Baby Film

Dear exhausted Jess from six months ago, You’re currently sitting on the beige sectional that smells vaguely of sour milk and desperation. It's raining sideways here in rural Texas, your Etsy shop orders are backed up to the moon, and...

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Baby Its Cold Outside: A Chicago Nurse's Winter Survival Guide

The wind coming off Lake Michigan felt like tiny shards of glass hitting my face. I was wedged in the back seat of my Honda CR-V, wrestling a screaming six-month-old out of a Michelin-man snowsuit while the heater blew pathetic...

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A confused dad trying to measure a squirming toddler's foot against a sizing guide

Surviving The Baby Shoe Size Chart Without Losing Your Sanity

The rain was lashing against the window of the shoe shop on Oxford Street, creating a deeply depressing backdrop for what was rapidly becoming the worst Tuesday of my life. Twin B (Evie) was actively trying to consume a damp...

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The Absurd Quest for Baby Boy Names Unique Enough Not to Be Steve

My mother-in-law cornered me by the kettle at week twelve of the pregnancy to insist that strong, traditional English names like Arthur or George were the only guaranteed way to prevent a child from a life of petty criminality, while...

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What a 1980s Movie Taught Me About Dads and Newborns

Dear Sarah from last October, You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of your Honda Odyssey in a Starbucks parking lot. You're wearing those black Lululemon leggings that have an unidentifiable crusty stain on the left thigh, clutching an iced...

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Tired mother holding a medicine syringe and a baby in a dim kitchen

The Absolute Truth About Dosing Baby Fever Medicine at 3 AM

I used to think that if Maya was six months old, she just automatically got the "six-month" squirt of medicine. Like it was a shoe size or a milestone. I vividly remember standing in our tiny galley kitchen in our...

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The Truth About Organic Infant Socks (and Peeling Ankles)

I was sitting right on the cracked linoleum of my laundry room floor, holding a tiny, sweaty polyester sock in one hand and staring at my six-month-old's ankles in sheer panic. Beau, my oldest, was happily gnawing on a plastic...

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