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A tired parent trying to comfort a fussy infant during a bottle feed

Tears at Teatime: Why Your Infant Turns Feeding Into A Drama

I once tried to solve a mid-feed meltdown by aggressively bouncing on a pilates ball while simultaneously singing an out-of-tune rendition of Oasis and trying to force a silicone teat into a mouth that was currently shaped like a right...

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A confused dad holding one tiny blue baby sock while his 11-month-old son crawls away barefoot.

My 11-month-old's baby boy socks are a hardware flaw I finally fixed

I'm currently staring at a pile of exactly fourteen orphan pieces of miniature footwear on my living room rug. My son is eleven months old, which means we've dropped roughly 1.2 items from our inventory every single week since we...

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A frustrated toddler taking off a light blue jacket at a wedding reception

How to Survive the Baby Blue Tuxedo Phase Without a Meltdown

There I was, standing in the vestibule of St. Jude’s Catholic Church at exactly 1:42 PM on a sweltering Saturday in May, trying to peel a 100% rigid polyester jacket off my screaming eighteen-month-old son, Leo. My own dressβ€”some floral...

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A close up of a spiky black and orange baby lady bug on a green leaf

What I Learned After Panicking Over Baby Lady Bugs

Whatever you do, please don't scream, snatch your eleven-month-old up like a football, and attempt to aggressively stomp a tiny, spiky, black-and-orange alien insect into the damp Portland mud while wearing your only clean pair of socks. I executed this...

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A folded stack of baby blankets on a wooden nursery dresser next to a half-empty coffee mug

Dear Past Priya: The Blanket Size Guide You Should Have Read

You're sitting on the floor of the nursery right now, surrounded by a mountain of folded pastel fabric from the baby shower, crying over a half-eaten samosa. It's 3 AM in Chicago, you're eight months pregnant, and you're trying to...

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A half-finished knitted baby cardigan next to a massive cup of spilled coffee.

The Truth About Baby Knitting Patterns (And What Actually Works)

Maya was exactly eighteen days old and I was sitting on our beige living room rug in sweatpants that hadn't been washed since the Obama administration, crying over a tiny sleeve. It was somewhere around 2 PM, though time is...

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Stressed dad looking at clothing care labels while holding a sleeping infant

Why Choosing the Right Baby Fabric Feels Like a Firmware Update

It’s 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm holding a screaming, bright red infant who feels like a MacBook Pro rendering 4K video. I've already checked the usual error logs. The diaper is completely dry. His last bottle was precisely...

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A tired mother holding a newborn wearing high-contrast striped pants in a dimly lit nursery.

Black And White Stripped Leggings Baby: A 3 AM Survival Guide

The radiator in our Chicago apartment was making that metallic clanking sound it only makes when the wind chill hits negative twenty. It was 3 AM, and I was running on maybe forty minutes of broken sleep. I was sitting...

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Confused mom looking at an iPad while her toddler plays with an organic cotton blanket

How searching for the best baby dragon evo decks cost me $142

It was Tuesday night, roughly 9:45 PM. I was standing in the kitchen wearing my husband Mark's gray sweatpants and a college t-shirt that literally still had dried oatmeal on the left shoulder from breakfast. I was holding my phone,...

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