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Baby boy sitting on a rug wearing a soft organic cotton henley romper instead of a stiff suit.

Letter to past me: finding an easter outfit baby boy will tolerate

Dear Priya of six months ago. You're currently standing in the toddler section of Macy's on State Street, staring at a three-piece tweed suit made for a human who can't yet walk. You're sweating through your scrubs after a twelve-hour...

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Dressing Your Infant in a Devil's Rejects Baby Firefly Costume

The single biggest myth in modern parenting is the delusion that your infant is a blank, cooperative canvas for your own deeply specific pop-culture obsessions. I discovered this entirely too late while trying to explain to a very judgmental woman...

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The truth about putting a camo baby tee on your actual infant

I was sitting at my kitchen island at two in the morning last Tuesday, staring at my phone and losing my mind. I just wanted to buy a normal shirt for my son. But when you search for a baby...

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A dad holding a baby near a pellet smoker on a backyard patio

Before and After: Smoking Baby Back Ribs With An 11-Month-Old

It's 6:14 AM on a damp Portland Saturday, exactly 43.7 degrees outside, and I'm standing on my patio holding a squirming eleven-month-old in my left arm and a slippery rack of raw pork in my right. I'm staring at the...

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The 3 AM Hunt for the October 14th Beanie Baby

The screen of my laptop was basically burning my retinas, but I couldn't look away. It was 3:14 AM. I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant with Leo, sweating through a pair of maternity leggings that I had been wearing for, oh...

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A dad sitting on a nursery floor organizing tiny baby socks next to a wooden play gym.

The Existential Dread of Nursery Organization at 2 AM

I'm currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of my daughter's room at 2:14 AM, using a camping headlamp to sort her organic cotton socks by color gradient. The smart thermostat is locked at exactly 69.5 degrees, the humidifier is outputting...

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Dad trying to buckle a newborn baby boy into a car seat while holding a tiny denim jacket

The Denim Jacket Mistake and the Baby Boy Coming Home Outfit

The discharge nurse didn’t say anything out loud, but her eyebrows did a full 180-degree rotation when I pulled the miniature rigid denim jacket out of our hospital bag. It was hour 48 of being a father, I had consumed...

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Baby Blue Bridesmaid Dresses: The Pregnant & Nursing Mom Guide

I was physically trapped inside a chiffon prison. I was seven months pregnant with Leo, sweating profusely in a tiny bridal boutique fitting room that smelled heavily of vanilla aerosol spray, and my husband Dave was standing on the other...

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A blurry black and white night vision baby monitor feed showing a baby sleeping

Why Your Night Vision Baby Monitor Feed Looks Paranormal

We're exactly 42 minutes into what the internet brutally refers to as the nine-month sleep regression, and my son's night vision monitor feed looks less like a peaceful nursery and more like found footage from a Roswell crash site. His...

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