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The Truth About Baby Gravy: Why Sunday Roasts Need a Rewrite

It's 2019. Sunday roast at my mother-in-law's house. Maya is eight months old and currently mashing a piece of dry chicken into her highchair tray with the kind of intense focus usually reserved for defusing bombs. My mother-in-law, bless her,...

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A Dad's 3 AM Guide to Surviving Your First Baby Ear Infection

Dear Tom from November, It's currently 3:14 AM. You're standing in the kitchen illuminated only by the aggressive blue light of the microwave clock, holding Maya, who's emitting a high-pitched, sustained note usually reserved for distressed dolphins. You're trying to...

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The Absolute Chaos of Trying to Make My Kid Wear Baby Perfume

It’s 2:14 PM on a Tuesday in 2017, and I'm standing over my bathroom sink in maternity leggings that haven’t been washed inβ€”actually, I really don't want to know how many daysβ€”frantically scrubbing a tiny, furious newborn with a wet...

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Midnight fridge audits and the great baby carrots recall panic

It was exactly 11:42 PM on a Tuesday when I found myself knee-deep in the bottom drawer of the fridge, clutching a flashlight between my teeth like a cat burglar who specialises exclusively in stealing root vegetables. The twins were...

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The absolute terrifying truth about baby aspirin 81 mg and your child

It was 3:14 in the morning. I know this because the glowing red numbers of the digital clock were burning into my retinas while Twin A screamed with the distinct, piercing octave reserved exclusively for a new molar. Twin B...

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The brutal truth about your babies vaccine schedule and tears

The paper on the exam table sounds like a giant potato chip bag every time he kicks his chunky little legs. I'm staring at the metal tray holding three tiny syringes. I used to prep these exact trays. I've seen...

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The truth about the signs of RSV in babies before you panic

Everyone thinks a severe respiratory infection announces itself with a siren and a neon sign. You expect a blazing fever, violent coughing fits, maybe a dramatic rash that tells you exactly when it's time to panic. But the biggest myth...

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Late Night TV, DNA & Is Will The Father Of Luna's Baby

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago: You're currently sitting on the blue exercise ball in the middle of our living room, bouncing precisely 62 times a minute in the dark. It's 3:14 AM, the baby is five months old,...

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What Thalidomide Babies Taught Us About The Placenta Firewall

I was standing in aisle 14 of the Hawthorne Fred Meyer at 9 PM on a Tuesday, aggressively squinting at the back of a ginger supplement bottle while my pregnant wife dry-heaved in the passenger seat of our Subaru. She...

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