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A messy kitchen counter with a puffed up baked pancake in a cast iron skillet next to a spilled cup of coffee.

Why Dutch Baby Pancakes Actually Saved My Sanity on a Tuesday

It was 5:43 AM and I was wearing a pair of maternity leggings that I definitely should have retired in 2019. There was a weird crusty spot on the left knee that was either dried oatmeal or... actually, I don't...

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Tired dad wearing an ergo baby carrier on the London Underground platform.

The Ergo Baby Carrier: Surviving A Sweaty Central Line Meltdown

It was a Tuesday in late November, approximately 4:13 PM, and the Central Line carriage smelled faintly of damp wool, ozone, and my own big despair. I had one screaming twin strapped to my chest in a five-yard fabric wrap...

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The Boss Baby Escape Movie Mix-Up: A Parent Warning

I dropped a whole laundry basket of clean, perfectly folded towels directly onto the kitchen floor last Tuesday. My five-year-oldβ€”who's honestly the reason I've premature gray hair and a caffeine dependencyβ€”had grabbed the iPad and yelled that he was searching...

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Dark nursery with safe organic star blanket on the crib mattress

Baby The Stars Shine Bright: Nursery Decor And Sleep Realities

Listen, it was three in the morning in my Chicago apartment and the walls were pulsing with neon green and blue nebulas. I was holding a screaming seven-month-old while a plastic dome on the dresser whirred loudly, projecting a highly...

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Baby getting temperature checked by mom with a digital thermometer

The Unfiltered Guide to Decoding Your Baby's Temperature Reality

Three days after bringing my son home, I was standing in the middle of my living room holding three different thermometers, staring at a baby who looked perfectly fine but felt like a baked potato. My mother-in-law was hovering over...

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The Truth About the Baby Steps Game Uncensored Search Trend

I'm sitting on the floor of our extremely cramped London living room, scraping a substance that might be mashed banana (but is almost certainly worse) off my left knee, when my phone buzzes with a frantic text from my sister....

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A very tired mom drinking cold coffee and scrolling her phone in the dark looking for parenting advice.

Searching Reddit for a Baby Walking Game at 2 AM Was a Mistake

It’s 2:14 AM. I'm wearing my husband’s horrific faded college track sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the inexplicable bleach stain on the left kneeβ€”and I'm hunched over my phone in the dark, furiously refreshing a forum thread. I'm holding a mug of...

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Frustrated mom holding a video game controller while a toddler plays on a wooden play mat

The Truth About That "Baby Steps" Video Game (Spoiler: It's Not For...

My mom swears that whatever video games my six-year-old nephew plays are totally fine for my three under five as long as I just cover their little eyes during the scary parts. My sister, bless her heart, thinks any screen...

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That Viral Donkey Game Is Ruining My Search History

I was pumping at three in the morning in my dark Chicago apartment, half-asleep, trying to find a specific wooden animal push-toy my mother-in-law swore was the secret to getting my toddler to walk. I typed what I thought was...

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