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When Katie And Bill Consult Lawyer About Luna's Baby Custody

I'm up to my elbows in matched toddler socksβ€”which is to say, exactly three pairs and forty singlesβ€”when I hear the TV blaring from the living room. My mom is visiting to help out, and she's got The Bold and...

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What the Clairo Nepo Baby Drama Taught Me About Parenting

The internet wants you to believe the only way to give your kid a leg up in life is to be a multi-millionaire marketing executive who plays golf with record label CEOs. I know this because at 6:13 AM this...

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A frustrated dad looking at his phone at 3 AM trying to decipher baby gear search terms.

Searching for the Teen Baby GT: A Letter to My Clueless Past Self

The screen brightness on my phone is currently burning a hole through my retinas at 3:14 AM. The nursery thermostat reads exactly 68.4 degrees, which Sarah insists is the good temperature for infant sleep, though the small human currently vibrating...

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Why That Cute Miniature Sheep Trend Almost Broke My Sanity

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in ankle-deep Vermont mud holding a half-empty Yeti of room-temperature coffee, watching my 18-month-old daughter Maya actively attempt to French kiss a miniature farm animal. My friend Jen had...

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The 3AM Google Search Disaster: A Baby Alien Sex Tape Incident

It's 3:14 in the morning, and I'm holding what can only be described as a glowing green piece of plastic covered in a thick, gelatinous layer of twin toddler saliva. My left eye is twitching in a rhythm that vaguely...

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The Best Evo Baby Dragon Decks for Sleep-Deprived Parents

There's this massive, completely unhinged myth in the parenting space that the absolute second you bring a newborn home from the hospital, your smartphone suddenly becomes this pristine, educational tool used exclusively for tracking ounces of breastmilk and playing white...

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My Strange Internet Rabbit Hole: The Beanie Baby Payhip Search

I was standing in the kitchen at 11:42 AM on a Tuesday, wearing my husband's college sweatpants that have a mysterious bleach stain on the left knee, holding a mug of coffee that had been microwaved three separate times since...

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Why bringing a baby tortoise into a toddler home is a terrible idea

It's 2:14 AM and I'm standing in my living room using a digital meat thermometer to measure the ambient soil temperature of a wooden box. Inside this box is a creature roughly the size of a rich tea biscuit that...

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A Letter to Myself About the Absurdity of Smocked Baby Clothes

Dear Tom of six months ago. I know exactly where you're right now. You're standing in the upstairs bathroom at your mother-in-law's house, holding Maya at arm's length over the porcelain sink. You're staring at a Β£75 hand-smocked, pale blue...

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