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How a Tiny Mola Fish Baby Fixed My Sustainable Parenting Guilt

It was 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing Dave’s old college sweatpants backwards because the dog had thrown up on mine. I was standing in the middle of the kitchen, clutching yesterday’s lukewarm coffee in a chipped...

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Lactose Free Formula For Babies: A Dad's Guide To Gut Bugs

It's 3:14 AM. I'm standing in our Portland kitchen, bathed in the harsh blue light of the microwave clock, frantically whisking a brand-new can of soy powder into a bottle while my 11-month-old screams like a dial-up modem connecting to...

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The kriss_baby_ leaks webcam scare: Why I tossed our monitor

My husband was standing in the hallway in his underwear at two in the morning, aggressively poking the back of our internet router with a bent paperclip while swearing under his breath. I was sitting on the floor of the...

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Troubleshooting The September 19 Birthday Twin Plushie Trend

I'll tell you exactly what not to do when you finally receive that crinkly, retro-smelling package from a vintage seller on the internet: don't immediately hand the twenty-six-year-old plush toy to your teething eleven-month-old. I made this exact logic error...

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My 3 AM Nursery Bug Panic: Identifying Those Tiny Pale Crawlers

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. I know this specific time because the glowing green numbers on Leo's sound machine were burning a hole into my retinas while I sat frozen on the floor of his nursery. I was...

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