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Stressed mom looking at a messy baby diaper while holding a cup of coffee.

What That Weird Jelly Slime and Mucus in Baby Poop Really Means

I was standing in the family restroom at Target, balancing a lukewarm iced coffee on the edge of the changing table, staring down at a diaper that looked, for lack of a better description, like a ghost had sneezed in...

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A tired mom holding a crying baby in a dimly lit nursery at 3 AM.

What Happens When You Look Up Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby Lyrics

It was 3:17 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing my husband Dave's oversized grey college hoodie that smelled faintly of old garlic and desperation. Leo, who was about six months old at the time, was screaming with the...

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Am I Losing My Mind or Are These Signs of Teething in Babies?

"Oh, it’s just a tooth coming in," the barista at my local Starbucks told me yesterday, casually sliding my fourth Americano across the counter while my seven-month-old, Maya, gnawed violently on my collarbone. I was wearing a terribly stained pair...

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Exhausted dad looking at baby tracking spreadsheets on his phone in a dark room.

The Newborn Spreadsheets: Confessions of a Recovering Stat Baby Obs...

Dear Tom from two and a half years ago, You're currently sitting in the glow of your phone screen in the hallway outside the nursery, aggressively logging "three minutes of unsettled grizzling" into an app that costs Β£4.99 a month....

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Pediatric nurse and new mom holding her tiny sleeping newborn in a dim nursery

Dear Me: Surviving Your First Little Baby And The Fourth Trimester

It's three in the morning right now. You're sitting in the dark nursery, covered in a sticky fluid you're too tired to identify, rocking a screaming infant while questioning every life choice that led you here. I know you feel...

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Mom sitting on the edge of a bathtub scrubbing a temporary tattoo off a toddler's arm

My Postpartum Ink Regrets & The Truth About Lil Baby Tattoos

It’s exactly 9:43 PM on a random Tuesday, and I'm sitting on the edge of our freezing porcelain bathtub wearing a pair of gray sweatpants that definitely have three-day-old strawberry yogurt crusted on the thigh, actively sobbing over my four-year-old’s...

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Tired mom in a dark nursery swaying an infant next to a sound machine

The 3 AM Survival Guide Inspired By Justin Bieber Baby Lyrics

It's 3:14 AM and I'm staring at the frozen slush on the Chicago streets below our apartment window, shifting my weight from my left hip to my right hip in a hypnotic, desperate rhythm. My daughter is screaming with the...

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Exhausted dad holding twin girls next to ruined DIY milestone outfits

Taylor Swift Baby: Surviving Pop Culture With Twins

I was quite literally elbow-deep in silver sequins and non-toxic fabric glue at a quarter to eleven on a Tuesday night when my wife casually dropped the magazine on the kitchen island. The headline was screaming about the latest Travis...

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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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