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A stressed dad looking at a baby floor seat instruction manual

The Kitchen Island Incident: Rethinking the Baby Floor Seat

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday. I had a P1 server outage flashing red on my left monitor, lukewarm cold brew in my system, and a 4.5-month-old stationed on the kitchen island right next to my keyboard. I had...

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Dad and baby playing with a wooden drum kit on a nursery floor

Audio Specs: Finding a Babys Drum Kit Without Losing Your Mind

My mom told me I needed to buy a five-piece acoustic junior set immediately to "build his latent musical genius," which is a wildly optimistic read on a kid who currently eats old Cheerios off the floor. My neighbor, who...

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Baby Whisper Co travel potty set up in the trunk of a family SUV

The Real Truth About The Baby Whisper Co Travel Potty On Road Trips

I was standing in the blistering July heat at a Texas rest stop on I-35, holding my screaming oldest child suspended over a patch of dying grass because he absolutely refused to step foot inside the brick building behind us....

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A dad holding a baby while looking confused at a pile of floral dresses on a bed.

Decoding What to Wear to a Baby Shower Without Losing Your Mind

I'm currently standing in my bedroom, holding my 11-month-old daughter who's actively trying to unbuckle my smartwatch with her single newly-erupted tooth, while watching my wife pull her seventh floral midi dress out of the closet. Our bed looks like...

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Stressed mom holding a blue baby blanket in a messy nursery

Dear past Jess: Put the eucalyptus baby blue plant down now

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently standing in the floral section at H-E-B, balancing a squirming six-month-old on your hip while your toddler tries to systematically crush every bag of tortilla chips in the next aisle. You look...

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Tired mom holding an acoustic guitar and a baby blanket in a messy nursery

Late Night Lullabies: Its All Over Now Baby Blue Chords & The Blues

When we brought my oldest son home from the hospital, my mom immediately told me to put him in his crib, shut the heavy wooden door, and let his lungs develop by crying it out. Bless her heart, she survived...

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A dad holding a baby near a pellet smoker on a backyard patio

Before and After: Smoking Baby Back Ribs With An 11-Month-Old

It's 6:14 AM on a damp Portland Saturday, exactly 43.7 degrees outside, and I'm standing on my patio holding a squirming eleven-month-old in my left arm and a slippery rack of raw pork in my right. I'm staring at the...

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Toddler girl wearing a cloth baby doll carrier holding a stuffed bear

The Absolute Absurdity of the Baby Doll Carrier (And Why We Own Two)

My mother-in-law firmly believes that giving a two-year-old their own miniature baby wearing apparatus is mildly ridiculous and encourages them to grow up entirely too fast. The woman at our Tuesday morning playgroupβ€”who wears floor-length unbleached linen in the dead...

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Exhausted British dad reading a fantasy webtoon on his phone while holding twin babies in the dark.

Lord Baby Runs a Romance Fantasy With Cash 92 vs. My Twins

The digital clock on the nursery wall glared at me: 3:14 AM. The room smelled distinctly of stale Calpol and desperation. In the left cot, Evie was violently chewing the wooden bars like a tiny, furious beaver. In the right...

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