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Exhausted dad holding a crying 11-month-old baby in a dark Portland living room.

Why Bobby Sherman Cried Like a Baby (And Why Yours Does Too)

Yesterday at my favorite craft coffee spot, the barista handed me my iced Americano and casually mentioned that letting an 11-month-old scream in his stroller builds "diaphragmatic resilience." Two hours later, my mother-in-law texted to warn me that responding to...

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A worried dad looking at his smartphone while his baby plays happily with a wooden toy on the floor.

Parenting In The Digital Age And The Terrifying Teen Timeline

My mom told me over FaceTime yesterday that the foolproof solution to internet safety is to simply hand my daughter a flip phone when she turns sixteen and strictly refuse to acknowledge the existence of wifi until she graduates college....

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Clueless dad staring at a disassembled baby food maker on a kitchen counter

Troubleshooting Purees: My Hunt for the Best Baby Food Maker

It was 1:14 AM and I was holding a tactical flashlight to the water reservoir of a $150 baby appliance. I had my phone camera zoomed in to 3x magnification, trying to verify if the cluster of black specks inside...

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A tired dad installing an infant car seat base in a compact car while holding the manual.

The Search for the Best Baby Car Seat (A Dad's Hardware Review)

The rain was blowing sideways across the Providence Portland hospital parking lot, and the discharge nurse was staring intensely at my hands. I was attempting to click my three-day-old son's carrier into the base I had confidently installed in my...

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The Strange Logic of Beanie Babies Birthdays & Safe Sleep

It was exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in the pale, unforgiving light of the open refrigerator, holding a slightly dusty, bright pink plush platypus inside a gallon-sized Ziploc bag. My 11-month-old was finally asleep after...

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Tired dad staring at a washing machine holding a ruined synthetic baby blanket

The Great Midnight Laundry Crash: Blankets and Baby Thermodynamics

I'm standing in our dimly lit basement laundry room at 2:14 AM, holding what used to be a piece of luxury textile, and it currently looks like a severely depressed, matted muppet. My wife is standing in the doorway, her...

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A close-up of a baby's pacifier resting next to an unplugged keyboard on my very messy home office desk.

Decoding the chaos of a baby's pacifier without losing your mind

My mother-in-law cornered me by the diaper pail on day three of my son's life, waving a neon green chunk of silicone and declaring that if I didn't plug him up right now, he'd be a thumb-sucker until college. Twelve...

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Dad sitting in a dimly lit nursery looking at a baby sleep in a crib

What I wish I knew about raising our baby with Down syndrome

Hey man. It’s Marcus. Or rather, it’s you, exactly six months in the future. I know exactly what you’re doing right now. You’re sitting in the blue glow of the humidifier at 3:17 AM, holding your phone six inches from...

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Stressed dad holding a crying baby while looking at a laptop screen

Parenting a Baby Wario: When Your Newborn is High-Needs

I'm standing in the dark hallway at 3:14 AM, bouncing on my heels at exactly 60 beats per minute, because any deviation in rhythm causes the 11-pound human in my arms to reboot into a full-scale meltdown. Outside, the Portland...

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