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When Your Baby's Face is Red and Peeling: My Eczema Survival Story

I was sitting in my minivan in the HEB parking lot, crying over a steering wheel covered in crushed Cheerios, because the cashier had just asked me why I let my three-month-old get a severe sunburn in February. I hadn't,...

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The Cetaphil Baby Wash Delusion: Why Slippery Twins Require A Reali...

I'm currently holding onto a wet, furious 11-kilo toddler with my left forearm while my right hand desperately attempts to extract lather from a plastic bottle before her sister successfully drinks a pint of lukewarm, slightly soapy bathwater. If you've...

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The 3 AM Eczema Crisis That Made Me Choose CeraVe Baby Wash

At exactly 3:14 AM on a rainy Tuesday, I found myself holding a slippery, screaming infant who looked alarmingly like a boiled prawn. Florence, who's usually the more reasonable of the twins, was covered neck-to-toe in a furious, sandpaper-like rash....

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A dad's perspective on managing baby eczema and dry skin

A Letter to Past Me About Baby Skincare and Greasing Up Twins

Dear Tom from November, You're probably standing in the downstairs loo right now, aren't you? You're holding a writhing Florence under one arm like a poorly packed rugby ball, staring at her left calf and wondering if babies can get...

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My honest take on the bizarre collagen baby threads internet rumor

My phone vibrated against the kitchen counter at six in the morning while I was trying to scrape dried oatmeal off a silicone mat. It was a text from my cousin in San Jose, asking if I knew anything about...

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The reality of bringing home a collodion baby

The page came through right at 3 AM during a brutal winter shift at Northwestern Memorial. The attending OB's voice on the phone was just a fraction tighter than usual, which in hospital triage terms means you grab the crash...

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The Truth About Cry Baby Perfume & Why Fragrance Ruins Naptime

The clock on the microwave said 2:13 AM, and my living room smelled exactly like burnt caramel and aggressive strawberry milk. I was pacing the floorboards in my ratty nursing bra, bouncing my youngestβ€”who we affectionately call Baby Pβ€”while he...

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Dealing with a Blocked Tear Duct Baby (Without Losing Your Mind)

I was standing over my oldest son's bassinet at six in the morning, holding my breath the way you do when you're praying you didn't just wake the baby, when I saw it. His left eye was completely glued shut....

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Why OPI's "Baby Take a Vow" Polish Caused a Panic in Our House

The smell hit me before I saw the damage. It was that sharp, chemical scent of a beauty salon, floating down the hallway and completely overpowering the faint aroma of stale oat milk and damp wool that usually defines our...

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