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Sarah holding a coffee cup while reading on a messy couch surrounded by scattered baby toys

Reading Detransition Baby Changed How I Look at Modern Motherhood

I'm literally sitting on my hideous green velvet sofa at 5:43 AM, aggressively scrubbing a splotch of hardened spit-up off the crinkly plastic dust jacket of a library book. I'm wearing my husband Mark’s oversized college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with a...

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A tired mom holding a clingy baby on her hip while trying to do household chores

Why Don't You Want Me Like I Want You Baby? (The Clingy Phase)

I was standing at the kitchen island yesterday, attempting to eat a cold piece of toast while packing up a stack of orders for my Etsy shop, when my grandmother dropped the classic line she always reserves for moments of...

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Priya sitting in a rocking chair holding a baby bodysuit

What Drake And Sophie Taught Me About Co-Parenting A Toddler

Dear Priya of last October. You're currently sitting on the cold bathroom tiles at 3 am. The baby is finally asleep in his crib after an hour of triage-level screaming, and you're stress-scrolling through celebrity gossip on your phone in...

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Tom's twin girls with slightly shiny but unchapped noses after applying organic balm

Why I Finally Caved to the Organic Baby Face Balm Craze

It’s Tuesday, somewhere around 3 PM, and I'm currently pinned to the nursery rug by a twenty-four-pound toddler who's thrashing her head side-to-side like a cornered badger to avoid the muslin cloth I’m wielding. Her twin sister is watching from...

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Tired dad holding an eleven month old baby while looking confused at a laptop screen showing sleep data

How to Actually Troubleshoot Your Way to an Fantastic Baby

It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, the Portland rain was actively mocking my sanity against the bedroom window, and my 11-month-old was throwing a massive runtime error. I had tried the bouncing walk, the aggressive shushing, the weird yoga-ball-hip-sway...

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A very tired dad holding a teething baby wearing a Kianao organic cotton bib

Decoding the "Baby Cute" Phase: A Tech Dad's Honest Survival Guide

I've got exactly four seconds before my eleven-month-old daughter realizes I've stopped bouncing on this incredibly deflated yoga ball. She's currently staring at the ceiling fan with the kind of intense, unblinking focus usually reserved for high-frequency algorithmic trading, while...

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Stressed mom holding a crying infant dressed in an itchy polyester pumpkin outfit

Choosing the Perfect Baby Costume Without Losing Your Mind

It was late October, and I was standing in the middle of a crowded Target aisle, sweating profusely into a stretched-out grey maternity tank top I still couldn't stop wearing. I had a screaming four-month-old Leo in one arm and...

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Tired dad looking at a laptop while baby holds a spoon like a weapon

How My Eleven-Month-Old Gained Root Access to Our Entire House

There was a spoon flying toward my left eye before I'd even managed to fully process that the coffee maker was empty. I ducked, the metal clattered against the stainless steel fridge, and my eleven-month-old son glared at me from...

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Exhausted dad holding twin girls while staring suspiciously at a small kitten sitting inside a wooden baby bassinet.

Letter to My Past Self: Surviving Twin Girls and a Baby Cat

Dear Tom. You're currently standing in the kitchen at 4:13 AM holding a half-empty bottle of Calpol, shivering in your dressing gown, and staring at a tiny, bewildered creature that your wife just brought home in a cardboard box. You...

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