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Finding a Backyard Rescue: What Do Baby Possums Eat?

My oldest son, Jackson, is a walking cautionary tale for why you should never let a five-year-old play unsupervised near a woodpile. Yesterday, he came marching through the back door holding something gray, hairless, and wriggling in his hands like...

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What I Wish I Knew Before Feeding Our Backyard Baby Chicks

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of the Subaru in the Tractor Supply parking lot. Your iced coffee is sweating all over the center console, you're wearing that stained gray college sweatshirt...

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Why Chasing the Myth of the Unicorn Baby Nearly Ruined My First Year

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the floor of the nursery in a tragically stained Nirvana t-shirt that smelled heavily of sour milk and desperation. Maya was three months old, and she was screaming....

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The Baby Fairy is a Villain Manhwa Is Definitely Not for Kids

I was sitting on the sticky playroom floor last Tuesday, nursing my youngest while trying to fish a dried Cheerio out of my hair, when my oldest son Carter casually peered over my shoulder at my iPad. I had just...

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Dear Past Jess: What You Need to Know About Sweet Baby Jesus Beer

I'm currently sitting on the floor of the den with a bottle of carpet cleaner in one hand and a rag in the other, aggressively scrubbing a dark, sticky stain out of the rug while my one-year-old screams from the...

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When the Backyard Becomes a Skunk Nursery (And How We Survived)

At exactly 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, I was sitting in the dark, compiling a massive block of legacy code, when I smelled it. It wasn't the usual Portland ambient scent of wet pine needles and artisanal coffee. It smelled...

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The Bloody, Wobbly Truth About When Kids Lose Their Baby Teeth

It was Tuesday morning. 6:14 AM to be exact. I was standing in the kitchen staring blindly at the coffee maker, wearing a vintage 90s baby tee that had somehow shrunk in the wash to the size of a napkin...

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A Letter To Myself: Stop Buying Crap and Write a Better Baby Card

Dear Sarah from last October, You're currently standing in the greeting card aisle at the Target on Route 17, wearing those black leggings with the mysterious yogurt stain on the left knee, holding an iced oat milk latte that's aggressively...

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The Denim Jacket Mistake and the Baby Boy Coming Home Outfit

The discharge nurse didn’t say anything out loud, but her eyebrows did a full 180-degree rotation when I pulled the miniature rigid denim jacket out of our hospital bag. It was hour 48 of being a father, I had consumed...

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