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Exhausted father trying to figure out a knotted newborn sleep gown in the dark

The 3AM Nappy Change That Made Me Believe in Baby Gowns

It's 03:14 on a Tuesday, and I'm quietly crying. Not the majestic, single-tear-rolling-down-the-cheek crying you see in cinema, but the silent, pathetic, shoulder-heaving sort. I'm kneeling on the floor of our cramped London nursery, holding my breath, trying to align...

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Dear Jess: The Truth About Baby Goats White Background Prints & Pets

Dear Jess of exactly six months ago, you're currently standing in the middle of the Home Depot paint aisle clutching a swatch called 'Alabaster,' fully convinced you're about to effortlessly recreate that flawless Instagram nursery. You know the exact room...

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Baby girl wearing a soft organic cotton flutter sleeve bodysuit for Easter

The Complete Dad Guide to Surviving Baby Girl Easter Outfits

The great tulle disaster of last month taught me a very hard lesson about infant formalwear. My wife was out with friends, and I decided to run a beta test on a highly structured, aggressively ruffled dress my mother-in-law sent...

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Apocalyptic Parenting: Surviving the Tuesday Dystopia

The biggest lie they peddle in those damp, aggressively brightly lit NHS antenatal classes is that the primary threat to your child’s existence is external. The cheerful woman with the laminated diagrams heavily implies that your main job as a...

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A wooden baby play gym next to a safe silicone panda teething toy

The truth about heirloom infant jewelry and unexpected search histo...

The clasp on the 22-karat gold chain was so tiny it took three aunties and a pair of tweezers to fasten it around my six-month-old's neck. We were at a family gathering, the air thick with the smell of roasting...

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Two angry twin babies wearing oversized fluffy novelty hats indoors.

Surviving the British Guard Beannie Baby Phase

Sweat was actively pooling in the crevice of Florence’s third chin. It was Boxing Day, the central heating was aggressively set to what I can only describe as 'Florida retirement home,' and my mother-in-law had just wedged both twins into...

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A slightly chewed cardboard book sitting on a messy nursery floor next to a sleeping infant.

Dear Past Jess: The Messy Truth About Board Books for Babies

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the peeling linoleum of the kitchen floor, surrounded by three baskets of unfolded laundry, staring at your youngest child. You just had to stick your index finger into his mouth...

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Bottle of Balcones baby blue whiskey next to a wooden teething ring on a high shelf away from kids

Balcones Baby Blue 750ml: What Parents Actually Need to Know

My husband walked into the kitchen when Maya was exactly three weeks old, holding a heavy brown paper bag by the neck. He had this proud, exhausted smile on his face, the kind you only see on new fathers who...

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Surviving the three am panic over mysterious newborn baby lesions

I was staring at a tiny, raised red bump on my son's cheek at two in the morning, convinced I had somehow broken him. He was fourteen days old. The nursery smelled heavily of sour milk, zinc oxide, and absolute...

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