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A muddy shoebox holding a nest of wild baby bunnies on a messy kitchen counter

What Do Baby Bunnies Eat? A Texas Mom's Guide To Not Panicking

It was 10:43 on a Tuesday morning, I was knee-deep in packing tape trying to get my Etsy orders out before the mail carrier showed up, and my four-year-old son Tucker walked through the back door holding a dripping, muddy...

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The Truth About That Welcome To Derry Baby Trend Wrecking Sleep

When the night terrors started last week, I naturally asked three different people for advice, which was my first mistake. The woman who runs our local playgroup suggested I let the twins "lean into their dark emotions" and process the...

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Stressed London dad holding twins while scrolling a smartphone in the dark

Why Sugar Baby Websites Are a Parent's Literal Worst Nightmare

Don't, under any circumstances, attempt to buy refined-sugar-free snacks at three in the morning while holding a teething toddler by typing vaguely health-conscious search terms into your smartphone. It's twenty past three in the morning, and I'm actively failing at...

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How to Take a Baby Passport Photo Without Losing Your Mind

My mom told me I had to physically hold my three-week-old’s head up from behind the scenes like a puppeteer to get his picture taken. The lady at the local pharmacy counter swore the only way was to photograph him...

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The Ultimate Baby Poop Chart: A Letter to My Anxious Past Self

Listen, Priya of six months ago. You're currently standing in the semi-darkness of our freezing Chicago apartment at three in the morning, holding a soiled diaper mere inches from your face. You have your phone flashlight clamped between your teeth....

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Why Baby Assassins Nice Days Is Not Family Movie Night Material

The greatest lie modern streaming platforms tell us is that an algorithm knows what you want to watch at 8:14 PM on a Tuesday, when you've precisely forty-two minutes of consciousness left before your brain liquefies. The second greatest lie...

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A stressed parent holding a baby and looking at a pile of legal paperwork on a messy kitchen table.

The Ugly Truth About "Anchor Babies" and The 26-Year Wait

I was frantically dabbing at Zoe's birth certificate with a wet wipe this morning, trying to lift a very suspicious brown smear that was either Marmite or something far worse, when the radio started up with yet another political debate....

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The Double Panic of Baby Sitting Milestones and Caregivers

I was standing in the Target checkout line holding a massive iced coffeeβ€”the kind that's mostly whole milk and regret, honestlyβ€”when my mother-in-law texted me out of nowhere. She said I absolutely needed to prop four-month-old Leo up with couch...

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Jess holding a baby in rural Texas while folding a massive pile of laundry

1000 Babies Review: Surviving The First Thousand Days of Chaos

I'm currently watching my four-year-oldβ€”the child I swear is my living, breathing cautionary tale for what happens when you read too many parenting blogsβ€”try to lasso our basset hound with a phone charger. Meanwhile, my youngest is mashing an unidentified...

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