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A confused dad standing next to a backyard smoker holding a baby and barbecue tongs.

A Dad's Guide to Smoking Baby Back Ribs for Tiny Humans

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago, You're currently standing on the back patio in the Portland drizzle. You have a pair of metal tongs in one hand and your phone in the other, aggressively Googling Traeger recipes. Inside, your...

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Why The Baby Ashlee Nudes Color Trend Needs To Stop Right Now

I was elbow-deep in a laundry basket full of aggressively beige clothing yesterday when my grandma called to ask why my youngest always looks like a Victorian orphan on my Instagram stories. I had to laugh, mostly to keep from...

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Why most baby rings belong in the trash and the gear you actually need

I was scrolling social media at two in the morning while nursing a furious six-month-old when I saw it. A literal infant floating in a bathtub with an inflatable plastic inner tube strapped around his neck. The caption said something...

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Why Your Back Deserves a Real Baby Recliner (And What to Skip)

It was 3:14 AM, and I was glued to an antique wooden rocking chair that my mother-in-law graciously insisted we use for our firstborn. Jackson, who's now five and is my permanent cautionary tale for basically every parenting mistake I’ve...

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A dad looking confused at a pile of pre-cut quilt fabric squares on a table

Dear past me: What to know about baby quilt kits before you start

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago, I know what you're doing right now. You're standing in the dining room at 2:13 AM, staring at a rotary cutter, a cutting mat, and three yards of woodland-creature-patterned fabric. You have convinced...

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Messy baby eating puree from a reusable silicone food container in a car seat

The Great Puree Glitch: Debugging Dinnertime

The ceiling of my Subaru Crosstrek currently has a modern art installation made entirely of organic sweet potato and turkey puree. I was driving down Interstate 84. My 11-month-old son, Leo, was screaming in the back seat. The temperature was...

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Dear Tom: Put down the baby neck float and step away from Instagram

Dear Tom from six months ago, You're currently perched on the edge of the downstairs loo at 2am, hiding from the twins, staring bleary-eyed at your phone. The Instagram algorithm, sensing your big exhaustion and desperation for a quiet life,...

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The Truth About That Cute Baby Milo Keychain (And My Mom Guilt)

It was a random Tuesday in October, like, 2018 maybe? Maya was about seven months old, and we were sitting outside this aggressively hip coffee shop in Brooklynβ€”the kind where a basic iced oat milk latte costs seven dollars and...

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A mother serving soft slow-cooked lamb to her baby in a high chair

The brutal truth about feeding your baby lamb meat at six months

My mother-in-law nearly dropped her chai when I told her what was in the slow cooker. She looked at me like I had personally wandered into a petting zoo and kidnapped a newborn animal. There's this bizarre, pervasive guilt in...

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