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A confused dad holding an Asian baby boy with spiky black hair

The entirely bewildering reality of welcoming an Asian baby boy

I was sitting at the kitchen island last Tuesday, staring at my laptop screen in a state of big confusion, surrounded by the remnants of cold toast. I'd just typed the phrase "asian baby boy" into the search bar, fully...

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Mother holding a tube of baby skin barrier ointment during a diaper change

Stop misusing aquaphor baby healing ointment on rashes

I slathered a thick layer of petroleum jelly onto my daughter's wet, bright red bottom at three in the morning thinking it would act like a fire blanket. I was entirely wrong. By the time the sun came up, her...

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Exhausted dad looking stressed while wrestling twins in a busy kids clothes shop

The Oxford Street Kids Clothes Shop Incident and Other Regrets

We were twenty minutes into a torrential downpour on Oxford Street when Twin A discovered a rack of heavily sequined, faux-leather mermaid trousers. Twin B, meanwhile, was systematically pulling the size stickers off every pair of denim jeans in a...

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A messy pile of baby laundry on a coffee table next to a half-empty mug.

Why My 2 AM Fleece Disaster Sparked a Bamboo Clothing Obsession

It was 3:14 AM. I know this because the glowing red numbers of our cheap digital clock were literally burning into my retinas while I paced the hallway holding a thrashing, screaming six-month-old Leo. I was wearing Dave's old college...

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Tired mom holding a baby wearing soft stretchy sleepwear in a messy nursery

Why I Finally Caved And Bought Those Expensive Bamboo Baby Pajamas

β€œPut him in heavy fleece so he doesn't freeze to death,” my mother-in-law announced, holding up a neon green synthetic onesie that felt roughly like the carpet in a cheap casino. It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. I was...

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Toddler wearing a white graphic baby tee layered over an organic cotton bodysuit

The Real Truth About Buying A Graphic Baby Tee Without The Rash

My mom took one look at the retro Snoopy shirt I bought for my third baby and flat-out told me the plastic ink would give him a rash so I should throw it in the trash immediately. My mother-in-law, bless...

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An exhausted British dad holding a tube of baby rash cream at midnight

Surviving the 3 AM Panic: A British Dad's Guide to Baby Rash Cream

The glow of the GroEgg in the corner of the nursery was an ominous, angry red, which felt entirely appropriate given what I was about to uncover inside Florence's sleepsuit. It was 3:14 in the morning, a time when human...

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Baby Leo wearing an organic cotton bodysuit while rubbing his cheek

The Truth About Baby Skin Flare-Ups (And Why I Stopped Panicking)

I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub in Dave’s grey Georgetown hoodieβ€”the one that already had three distinct spit-up stains on the left shoulderβ€”watching my four-month-old son try to rub his own face off. Seriously. Little Leo was...

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Mom sorting through folded organic cotton baby clothes in a laundry basket

The Real Story Behind Buying Safe Baby Clothes Without Going Broke

It was three in the morning back in 2019, and I was sitting on the cracked linoleum of our laundry room floor with a pair of orange craft scissors, literally cutting a polyester sleep-and-play off my screaming firstborn. Leo was...

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