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Confused dad watching his eleven month old destroy a vanilla cake on the floor

Dear Past Marcus: Debugging the First Baby Smash Cake

I'm currently using a plastic putty knife to scrape hardened Greek yogurt off the kitchen baseboards. It's 10:43 PM on a Saturday. The baby is finally asleep, though his hair still smells faintly of mashed bananas and damp sponge. So,...

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A deeply tired dad holding my baby while staring blankly into the middle distance

Surviving The Absolute Chaos Of The First Year With My Baby

3:14 AM. I'm holding a phone torch in my teeth because the main bulb in the nursery just popped with the sound of a small gunshot, and I'm currently elbow-deep in what can only be described as a biological incident....

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A baby covered in spaghetti sauce during a messy mealtime at the highchair.

What Is Baby Led Weaning? My Messy, Honest Survival Story

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing a gray nursing tank that smelled faintly of sour milk and desperation. I was standing in the middle of my kitchen, holding a giant, freshly steamed floret of broccoli...

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Ella Mai and Jayson Tatum at the Paris Olympics with baby Dylan

Why The Ella Mai Baby Secret Made Me Rethink Everything

Right now, there's a half-chewed oat biscuit adhered to my left kneecap with what I can only assume is industrial-strength toddler saliva, and I'm staring at my phone screen in absolute awe. I'm looking at photos of Grammy-winning R&B singer...

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A tired mom holding her newborn waiting for a real smile

The waiting game of motherhood: exactly when do babies smile

I was hanging over the bassinet at three in the morning making a sound I can only describe as a dying seal. Day forty-two of my maternity leave. I smelled like sour milk and desperation. I had spent the last...

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A toddler taking their first shaky steps barefoot on a living room rug.

The completely honest truth about buying baby walking shoes

I was standing in the middle of a high-end boutique holding a pair of tiny, structurally rigid leather high-tops that cost more than my weekly grocery haul. My daughter wasn't even pulling to stand yet, but the footwear had these...

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A tired mom holding her baby while drinking coffee in a messy living room

Dear Past Me: Surviving The First Year And That Lil Baby Age

Dear Sarah from six months agoβ€” Actually, wait. No. Maya is seven and Leo is four now. So writing a letter to myself from six months ago would just be me aggressively telling myself to buy more coffee before the...

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Baby in organic cotton romper doing the pre-crawl rock on a rug

At What Age Do Babies Crawl? The Honest Southern Mom Truth

I was standing in the church foyer last Sunday holding my youngest, who's currently built like a beautiful, squishy sack of flour, when three different women decided to give me unsolicited updates on their own grandchildren's mobility. Ms. Betty told...

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Pregnant mom sitting on the couch waiting to feel baby move

When Can You Feel Baby Move? The Real Truth About First Kicks

I was seventeen weeks pregnant with my oldest, sitting in my Chevy Tahoe in the Target parking lot, aggressively jabbing myself in the stomach with two fingers. An app on my phone, which I really shouldn't have trusted to begin...

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