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A sleeping baby comfortably using a pacifier in a safe crib environment

Can Your Baby Sleep With a Pacifier? The Unfiltered Truth

Before my oldest was even three days old, three different women stood in my kitchen and gave me completely contradictory advice about putting a piece of silicone in my kid's mouth. My grandma, bless her heart, told me to dip...

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A tired mom holding a baby with a silicone pacifier

Can Your Baby Safely Sleep With a Pacifier? Let's Talk About It

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at the grainy green screen of my video monitor like I was watching a bomb about to detonate. My oldest son, Wyatt, was three weeks old. He was fast...

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Sleeping infant with a silicone pacifier falling out of their mouth

The Honest Truth About Letting Your Baby Sleep With a Pacifier

It's three in the morning and I'm staring at the grainy green glow of the baby monitor. The pacifier is currently dangling from my son's bottom lip by a fraction of a millimeter. I hold my breath. It drops. It...

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A messy baby covered in bright orange butternut squash puree sitting in a high chair

Dear Past Jess: The Butternut Squash Baby Food Survival Guide

Put the dull paring knife down, honey. Just lay it gently on the cutting board and step away from the counter before you end up in the rural Texas ER explaining to a very tired nurse how a vegetable completely...

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A dad looking completely exhausted while holding a toddler in desert gear

The Reality of a Burning Man Baby 2025: A Desert Survival Guide

I'm currently sitting on the floor of our London terrace, spraying a fine mist of diluted white vinegar onto a two-year-old's arm while she actively tries to consume a pair of industrial welding goggles. We're supposedly preparing for the playa....

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Vintage insect beanie baby sitting next to modern organic cotton infant teething toys

The Vintage Buggie Beanie Baby Safety Problem No One Mentions

My mother-in-law dropped a pristine, tag-protected nineties plush insect on my kitchen counter and told me it was an heirloom that would soothe the baby's colic. My best friend texted me that giving a vintage buggie beanie baby to a...

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Jess holding a bowl of cooked green puree while her baby reaches for it

Dear Me: Brand Website Classic Salads Organic Baby Spinach

Dear Jess from exactly six months ago, Put down the giant plastic clamshell of greens and step away from the food processor. I know you're standing in the middle of your kitchen right now with postpartum hair falling into your...

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A dad holding pureed homegrown organic lettuce next to a baby in a highchair

Botanical Interests Organic Lettuce Mesclun Gourmet Baby Seed

I was standing in aisle four of the Pearl District Whole Foods, aggressively cross-referencing a bag of pre-washed spinach with the CDC’s active E. coli outbreak database on my phone, while my eleven-month-old actively tried to lick the shopping cart...

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A tired dad trying to wrangle twin babies during a very messy nappy change on a vegan leather mat.

The absolute truth about a black baby changing diaper routine

It's 3:17 a.m. and I'm staring down twin number one (or possibly twin number two, the darkness and sleep deprivation blur them into one collective entity of demands) while the distinct, unmistakable aroma of impending doom wafts from her cot....

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