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The Truth About Baby Skin Flare-Ups (And Why I Stopped Panicking)

I was sitting on the edge of the bathtub in Dave’s grey Georgetown hoodieβ€”the one that already had three distinct spit-up stains on the left shoulderβ€”watching my four-month-old son try to rub his own face off. Seriously. Little Leo was...

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Dear Past Me: The Dreamland Baby Sleep Sack Is A Terrible Bug Fix

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago, You're sitting in the glider chair right now, aren't you? It's 3:17 AM in Portland, the rain is aggressively smacking against the nursery window, and you're staring at your phone screen with the...

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A tired dad holding a teething twin who is happily chewing on a silicone toy

The exact number of tiny teeth to expect (and how to survive them)

There I was, standing in our London kitchen at four in the morning with a screaming toddler on each hip, trying to sort through three entirely contradictory pieces of advice I’d received that week. My mother-in-law had cheerfully suggested rubbing...

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An exhausted dad sitting on the hallway floor staring at a baby monitor.

The honest guide on how to sleep train a baby (without losing it)

It's 2:14 AM. I'm sitting on the top stair of our narrow London terrace, clutching a cold, profoundly sad crumpet, aggressively watching the timer on my phone tick down from five minutes. From behind the closed nursery door, Florence is...

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Dear Past Priya: You Need a Busy Baby Mat to Survive Restaurants

Dear Priya from last October. You're currently sitting in booth three at the diner on Lincoln Avenue, pretending you aren't about to cry into your lukewarm coffee. Your six-month-old just threw his wooden teething ring onto the black-and-white tile floor...

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Why searching blue baby isaac at 2am will terrify you

It was 3 a.m. in our Chicago townhouse, the exact hour when every shadow in the nursery looks like a critical medical emergency. I was standing over the crib, staring at my four-month-old son's mouth, convinced his upper lip looked...

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The 'Is Your Baby Crying Meme' Explained: A Letter To Past Me

3:14 AM. The Apple Watch on my wrist is vibrating, aggressively warning me that the ambient noise level has reached 95 decibelsβ€”roughly the equivalent of standing next to a gas-powered lawnmower. The noise source is exactly fourteen inches from my...

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Why the Baki Baby Meme is Bizarre and What Real Strength Looks Like

I was sitting on the floor of my home office last Tuesday, trying to fulfill three Etsy orders for custom vinyl tumblers while simultaneously folding a mountain of tiny, mismatched socks, when my sister’s fourteen-year-old nephew strolled in. He stepped...

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The messy truth about the infant teething timeline

I spent five years in pediatric triage, and if I had a dollar for every time a parent told me their infant's 103-degree fever and explosive diarrhea was just teething, I could pay cash for my kid's future orthodontics. You're...

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