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A dad holding a silicone baby teether and looking confused in his kitchen

The great baby silicone migration: a dad's troubleshooting guide

My mother-in-law texted me a picture of a 1980s plastic playpen yesterday, assuring me that my wife gnawed on the rails for months and turned out completely fine. Ten minutes later, my neighborβ€”who brews her own rainwater kombuchaβ€”leaned over our...

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Dad awkwardly holding a smartphone to photograph an 11-month-old baby who is actively chewing on a shoe.

Is the Job of a Brand Ambassador Actually Worth the Stress?

I'm currently wedged between our coffee table and a dangerously overloaded laundry basket, holding a smartphone at a 45-degree angle while making desperate clicking noises with my tongue. My 11-month-old son is supposed to be interacting thoughtfully with a visually...

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The Truth About New Baby Gifts (And Why I Burned a Cardigan)

It’s late October 2017. I'm sitting on the edge of a remarkably uncomfortable IKEA glider in my dimly lit nursery, wearing a nursing bra that smells intensely like sour milk and sheer desperation. I'm holding my three-day-old daughter, Maya, who's...

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A sleep-deprived mom staring at a complex car seat manual on the living room floor.

Dear Past Priya: The Truth About Infant Car Seats

You're currently sitting on the garage floor in your maternity leggings. There's a half-eaten granola bar on the bumper of the Honda, the manual for the convertible seat is open to page forty-two, and you're quietly crying because the little...

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A minimalist baby playing on a soft organic linen playmat with a wooden ring instead of loud plastic toys

The 3 AM Plastic Meltdown That Redefined Babys Spielzeug For Me

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing my husband’s inexplicably stained college sweatpants. Leo, who was eight months old at the time and deep into a sleep regression that made me question all my life choices,...

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A chaotic nursery room with twin toddler beds and crumpled baby blankets.

Dear Tom: The Truth About Buying A Baby Quilt

Dear Tom of six months ago, You're currently sitting on the floor of the landing outside the twins' room at 3:14 AM. Your lower back is pressed against the radiator, you've a Calpol syringe in your breast pocket like a...

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Stressed mom looking at phone while drinking coffee in kitchen

Why That Viral Baby Saja Trend Totally Freaked Me Out

It was 8:14 on a Tuesday morning and I was wearing Dave’s college sweatpants with a hardened crust of what I think was blueberry oatmeal on the knee, aggressively pressing the brew button on my coffee maker for the third...

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A mom holding tiny black and white infant sneakers with cut elastic laces

Why I Took Kitchen Scissors to My Infant's First Pair of Sneakers

I was sweating through my shirt in a Target parking lot in late October, wrestling with a foot that looked exactly like a Hawaiian sweet roll. My oldest son was eight months old, and I was determined to get him...

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Tired mom in a messy nursery staring at her phone in the dark

The Have a Baby With Me Daniel Caesar Lie You Actually Believe

I was sitting in my Honda CR-V in the garage with the engine off. It was a Tuesday. My toddler was finally asleep upstairs, and I was just staring at the steering wheel while the Bluetooth kept playing whatever Spotify...

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