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Vintage plush toys sitting on a high nursery shelf out of reach

Why that july 21st beanie baby is a nursery nightmare

Listen, it was two in the afternoon on a Tuesday when my mother-in-law proudly handed me a plastic grocery bag that smelled faintly of mothballs and damp basement. Inside was Bijoux the Poodle, a vintage plush toy with a faded...

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Exhausted mom drinking cold coffee holding a sleeping newborn baby

How To Survive the Newborn Phase Without Losing Your Damn Mind

So I'm standing in my kitchen at like 6:15 in the morning, holding Leo who was maybe three weeks old at the time, wearing a pair of Dave's old flannel pajama pants and a maternity tank top that smelled profoundly...

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Exhausted dad staring at baby videos on his phone in a dark nursery

Dear Past Me: That TikTok issa_hay_baby_ Account Isn't Real

It’s exactly 3:14 AM right now in your timeline, and you're sitting on the edge of the glider while the baby does that weird pterodactyl screech that means his sleep cycle is resetting. Your face is bathed in the cold...

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Why Teens Are Obsessed With The Snow Leopard Baby Webtoons

The absolute worst thing you can do when you catch your teenage niece crying into an iPad while she's supposed to be watching your toddler is to snatch the device away. I know this because it was my first instinct...

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Tired mom checking her crying baby after a bottle feed

True symptoms of baby not tolerating formula vs normal gas

It was three in the morning. The radiator in our Chicago apartment was making that rhythmic hissing sound, and my son was rigid as a board. He was doing this terrifying back-arch maneuver, stiffening his little body and screaming at...

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Dad looking shocked at a laptop screen after searching for sugar baby production instead of infant food facts.

The Night "Sugar Baby Production" Ruined My Search History

It's exactly 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, and the glowing blue square of the baby monitor is showing me the night-vision outline of my eleven-month-old son doing something that looks suspiciously like a plank. He has been teething for what...

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Marcus looking confused at a basal body thermometer while holding a tiny bamboo blanket

Decoding the Spirit Baby: A Tech Dad's Unscientific Parenting Pivot

The smoke alarm in our Portland apartment started screaming at exactly 9:14 PM on a Tuesday, completely interrupting my attempt to build a predictive Python script for my wife’s basal body temperature. I leaped over the coffee table, ripped the...

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A messy toddler eating shredded smoked pork ribs on a bamboo blanket in the grass.

Toddlers and Smoked Baby Back Ribs: My Messy Survival Guide

It was the Fourth of July, 2021, and I was wearing a white linen Zara sundress because I'm apparently an idiot who likes to tempt fate. Leo was just barely fourteen months old, sitting in his high chair on the...

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Tired dad holding a toddler wearing a stretchy traditional gathered dress

The Truth About Surviving Weddings in Smocked Baby Girl Clothes

I'm standing in the disabled toilet of a remarkably pretentious Surrey golf club, holding a heavily soiled nappy in one hand and half a crumbling shortbread biscuit in the other. Somewhere beyond the mahogany door, a string quartet is aggressively...

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