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A messy toddler eating shredded BBQ pork on a leafy bamboo picnic blanket in the grass.

Smoked Baby Back Ribs: Safely Feeding Your Messy Little Ones

My neighbor Jim handed my nine-month-old a giant, sticky rib bone last summer at a Fourth of July block party. "Look at him!" Jim yelled over the sound of a lawnmower, completely ignoring the sheer, unadulterated panic on my face....

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Pediatric nurse mother intercepting a cup of water from her infant on a hot summer day.

The brutally honest truth about when your baby can drink water

We were sitting on my back patio in Chicago, the humidity hovering somewhere around ninety percent, when my mother-in-law casually pulled a tiny stainless steel cup from her purse. She filled it with tap water from the kitchen and moved...

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A tired dad sitting on a sandy beach surrounded by chaotic baby gear

The Honest Dad's Guide to Surviving the Baby Beach

At exactly 8:14 AM last Tuesday, I found myself standing at the edge of the dunes in West Sussex, carrying three oversized tote bags, a cooler, a parasol, and two shrieking two-year-old girls who had just discovered that wind exists....

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Overwhelmed mom holding baby in shade at the beach with coffee

Why finding suntan lotion for newborns ruined my beach trip

It was 10:14 AM on a Tuesday in mid-July and I was already on my third iced coffee, which at that point tasted mostly like sand and sheer exhaustion. I was standing on a crowded beach in Florida wearing thick...

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Exhausted dad buying sunblock newborn babies can use at the pharmacy

The Panic of Buying Sunblock Newborn Twins Can Actually Tolerate

Standing in aisle four of our local Boots, sweat pooling in the small of my back, I found myself staring at thirty-seven different brightly coloured bottles while two four-week-old girls actively lost their minds in a double buggy. The great...

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A frustrated dad trying to put tiny pink shades on an incredibly uncooperative toddler

Why putting tiny shades on twins feels like a hostage negotiation

I'm currently crouched behind the garden shed, clutching a pair of miniature, neon-pink plastic frames like they're a live grenade, trying to figure out which of my two-year-old daughters is least likely to bite me if I approach her face....

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A mother sitting on the grass next to a shallow backyard tub

My pediatrician's brutal rules for surviving summer water play

I was standing in my tiny Chicago backyard with a garden hose in one hand and a giant, deflating aesthetic swan in the other. My son was barely four months old, shivering violently in a designer swimsuit that cost more...

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Frustrated mom holding an iced coffee and a baby wearing a comfortable dress

The Absolute Sweat-Soaked Truth About Buying Baby Girl Dresses

It was 2 PM, the sun was literally laughing at us, and I was holding a plastic cup of iced coffee that was basically just brown water at that point. We were at my cousin Rachel’s outdoor wedding in August...

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Sarah holding her toddler on the white sand at Baby Beach in Aruba looking exhausted but happy

The Honest Truth About Taking A Baby To Baby Beach Aruba

I was standing in the middle of the Target diaper aisle wearing these awful linen maternity shorts that I somehow still fit into three years postpartum, holding a lukewarm iced coffee that cost twelve dollars, when my phone buzzed with...

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