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The Great Naked Baby Rebellion: Surviving Twin Toddler Nudity

It's 7:14 AM, and the unmistakable sound of bare feet slapping against the cold hardwood floor echoes down the hallway. I'm standing near the radiator holding a pair of tiny corduroy trousers that cost more than my first car, watching...

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A dad looking stressed while holding an 11-month-old baby near a wooden play area

Surviving the Lava Monster Phase: A Dad's Take on Baby Moana

The haptic feedback on my Apple Watch woke me from a sleep-deprived trance at exactly 3:14 PM on a Saturday. It was a decibel warning. My living room had just surpassed 90 decibels, which my watch helpfully noted could cause...

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Organic cotton retro baby joggers with contrast trim lying flat on wood table

Confessions of a Clueless Runner: The Truth About Baby Joggers

I'm three miles deep into a caliche dirt road in rural Texas, sweat pooling in places I didn't know could sweat, pushing a thirty-dollar plastic umbrella stroller that sounds like a shopping cart with a square wheel. My oldest son,...

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Toddler playing a baby hazel app on an iPad in the dark bedroom

That Night a Baby Hazel App Cost Me Nine Bucks and Total Sanity

I was elbow-deep in printing shipping labels for my Etsy shop at ten o'clock on a Tuesday night, entirely convinced my four-year-old was dead asleep in his room, when my Apple watch buzzed with an $8.99 charge from the App...

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A frustrated mom holding a toddler while pinkfong baby shark plays on a tablet.

Pinkfong Baby Shark: How to Survive the Doo-Doo-Doo Toddler Phase

I was wedged between a fifty-pound sack of flour and my bulk box of paper towels in the pantry, stress-eating a handful of stale Goldfish crackers, while the muffled sound of "doo doo doo doo doo doo" echoed through the...

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Twin girls wearing flexible toddler walking shoes in the park

The Great Arch Support Myth and Stride Rite Baby Shoes

The lady in the shoe shop was looking at me with a mixture of pity and mild alarm. I was kneeling on the carpet, wrestling with Twin A's left foot, trying to compress what looked like a perfectly round, dimpled...

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A 15-inch soft cloth baby doll sitting on a nursery floor next to wooden toys.

What Pediatric Nurses Actually Think About Your Bitty Baby Doll

I was working the Tuesday afternoon shift at the clinic when a panicked mother brought in her eighteen-month-old and a heavy, suspiciously damp cloth doll. The waiting room was already packed with the usual winter crud, but this case stood...

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Baby German shepherd puppy sitting next to twin toddlers

The Absolute Chaos of Raising Twins and a Baby German Shepherd

I'm currently watching a forty-pound creature with ears the size of satellite dishes attempt to herd my two-year-old daughters into the downstairs loo. The creature, a dog who seems entirely unaware that he's not currently employed on a farm in...

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A pink Casio Baby-G watch slipping off a seven year old's tiny wrist

The Truth About Buying A Baby G-Shock Watch For Your Kid

It was exactly 3:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in the middle of my kitchen wearing yoga pants with a highly questionable yogurt stain on the knee, desperately trying to saw through a thick pink resin watch...

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