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The Hudson Meek Baby Driver Tragedy and Car Safety Wake-Up Calls

I was doing about 55 down FM 1431 with my three kids in the back of my Honda Odyssey, singing along to some Disney garbage to keep the peace, when I heard the unmistakable, heavy thunk of a car door...

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What the Blueface Baby Tabloid Drama Actually Taught Me About Safety

My mom called me last week in an absolute panic saying I needed to delete my apps because parents were chucking their infants at walls, my neighbor Sarah cornered me at the mailbox to tell me belly button hernias mean...

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Why searching blue baby isaac at 2am will terrify you

It was 3 a.m. in our Chicago townhouse, the exact hour when every shadow in the nursery looks like a critical medical emergency. I was standing over the crib, staring at my four-month-old son's mouth, convinced his upper lip looked...

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Bigbang Fantastic Baby: A Dad's Guide to Infant Auditory Safety

It's 2:14 PM on a Tuesday. I'm standing in the exact center of our living room in Portland, holding an 11-month-old who's currently wearing only a diaper and one mismatched sock, while the opening synth chords of a legendary 2012...

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My Unhinged, Exhausting Search For The Best Glass Baby Bottles

I was standing in my kitchen at 3:14 AM wearing my husband Dan’s college sweatpants that had a questionable mustard stain on the knee, holding a supposedly pristine, top-of-the-line glass bottle while Maya screamed in the other room. I was...

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The Jason Kelce Baby Playbook: What Fainting Dads And Feral Toddler...

Before my daughter was born, my mother-in-law told me to keep her head covered indoors so the wind wouldn't enter her ears. The lactation consultant at the hospital told me skin-to-skin contact would solve my latch issues, my sleep deprivation,...

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The Day I Realized Baby's Breath Was Actually Ruining My Nursery

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sweating completely through a maternity tank top in late August, staring at a giant wire hoop covered in dried white flowers that my mother had just proudly hung directly over the crib. It was supposed...

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Before & After a Baby Wasp Sting: What I Wish I Had Known Earlier

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing those terrible gray biker shorts that ride up too high, holding a lukewarm iced coffee that I hadn’t actually taken a sip of in three hours. Leo was eight...

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Why the best baby travel system is a beautiful lie

I'm sitting at a coffee shop in Wicker Park watching a mom nurse a cold matcha latte. Next to her is a four-week-old baby, completely folded in half like a taco inside an expensive stroller frame. The car seat is...

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