The Truth About That Uncanny Squid Game CGI Baby Everyone Hates
It was Tuesday night, raining in Chicago, and I was sitting on my couch eating cold leftover palak paneer directly out of the Tupperware. My toddler was finally asleep upstairs, which meant I had exactly forty-five minutes of silence before...
Exactly what vaccines do babies get? A twin dad's messy guide
We were sitting in the waiting room of our local GP surgery, surrounded by faded posters from 1998 warning about the dangers of excessive screen time, which felt deeply ironic given I was desperately playing a brightly coloured cartoon on...
Why I Am Spiraling About Sibling Rivalry and the Baby Jane Cast
It was exactly 11:14 PM last Tuesday, and I was sitting on my living room floor in my stained gray sweatpants, aggressively folding a mountain of tiny laundry while my husband Mark snored from the couch. I had a mug...
The Absolute Chaos of When Do Baby Teeth Fall Out (And What to Do)
It was 7:12 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at a Honeycrisp apple that looked like it belonged in a crime scene. Maya, who's seven but was acting like she was being actively abducted by aliens, was standing...
When Do You Find Out The Gender Of Your Baby
I was untangling IV lines in triage when a patient in her third trimester started crying. Not the quiet hormonal weeping we see a dozen times a shift. Full sobbing. Her mother-in-law had just painted the nursery aggressive pastel pink...
The Ugly Truth About Figuring Out Early Infant Tooth Brushing
Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago: Put down your lukewarm half-caf oat milk flat white, stop scrolling through Instagram reels of perfectly beige minimalist nurseries, and listen to me. Because right now, you're sitting in the ridiculously brightly colored...
Why Do Babies Spit Up All the Time? A Nurse's Guide to the Mess
When my daughter started turning every feed into a fountain, I got three different diagnoses in a single Tuesday. My mother-in-law watched a puddle form on my jeans and told me my breastmilk was too thin, suggesting I eat more...
Signs of alcohol in breastfed baby: A dad's late-night diary
The sound of a cork leaving a bottle of moderately priced Pinot Grigio at 7:14 PM on a rainy Tuesday in Islington should be a joyous occasion. For my wife, Sarah, it was the first glass of wine she had...
Prune Juice for Babies: A Dad's Guide to the Constipation Matrix
My mother-in-law told me to fill an entire eight-ounce bottle with warm Sunsweet and let him chug it like a fraternity dare. My lead developer at work, who has three teenagers and a suspiciously clean desk, warned me that any...