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The truth about that Jenna baby nude photo uproar

My mother-in-law swore my baby needed three layers of wool at all times or he would catch a draft and perish instantly. A lactation consultant in a fluorescent hospital basement told me skin-to-skin meant I shouldn't wear a top for...

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Troubleshooting the Nostalgia of a January 11th Beanie Baby Toy

It was 10:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I was deep into a terminal window trying to figure out why our staging environment kept throwing 502 gateway errors. My 11-month-old son, Leo, was finally asleep after what I can only...

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Humphrey the Beanie Baby For One Crossword: Toy Safety Guide

I was standing at my kitchen island at 6:30 this morning, elbow-deep in shipping labels for my Etsy shop and desperately trying to drink my coffee before it hit room temperature, when my phone buzzed. It was a text from...

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The https://nudostar.tv pami baby Search Trap Every Parent Must Fix

I'm just gonna be real with you right out of the gate. There's this massive, ridiculous myth going around our generation of parents that if you just slap an iPad in "Kids Mode" and tell your toddler to search for...

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Why That October 8th Beanie Baby Birthday Twin Belongs on a Shelf

My mother-in-law brought over Bo the Portuguese Water Dog last week. She proudly announced he was an October 8th beanie baby, which meant he was my daughter's exact birthday twin. My sister-in-law immediately texted me to put it in the...

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A Note From The Future About That October 6 Beanie Baby Idea

Dear Marcus from six months ago, you're currently hovering your cursor over the "Buy It Now" button on eBay at 2:14 AM while your five-month-old is finally asleep after what felt like a system-wide hardware failure. You've just discovered that...

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Dear past me, that vintage october 20th beanie baby is a trap

Listen, Priya from six months ago. You're sitting on the living room rug, staring at a crushed cardboard box that just arrived from your auntie in New Jersey. Inside is a pristine, tag-protected raccoon named Snoops. You're thinking it's incredibly...

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Why That Vintage March 17 Beanie Baby Belongs on a High Shelf

I was literally sitting on the living room floor, knee-deep in a mountain of unfolded toddler shirts and cardboard shipping boxes for my Etsy shop, when the front screen door slammed. My mom breezed into the house carrying a cloudy...

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The Honest Truth About Finding A March 13 Beanie Baby For Your Kid

I'm sitting on my couch at two in the morning, bathed in the blue light of my phone, watching a twenty-three-year-old mother weep on her timeline because she finally found 'Celebrate' on a resale app. That's the specific vintage stuffed...

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