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A tired mom holding a baby wearing a very long onesie in a dim nursery

Burt's Bees Baby Sizing Is Completely Unhinged And I Love It

It was exactly 2:14 AM. I know this because the glowing red numbers on the cheap digital clock my husband insisted we keep in the nursery were burning a hole into my retinas. Maya was four months old, screaming like...

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Toddler having a meltdown on the living room rug after a tablet is taken away

The Cocomelon baby shark meltdown and how we survived

It was a Tuesday at 5:15 PM, which in a Chicago November means it had been pitch black outside for an hour. I was standing in my kitchen, staring at an unpeeled onion, trying to figure out how to cook...

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An exhausted dad inspecting a massive bulk box of Kirkland wipes on the floor

Costco Baby Wipes: The 2 AM Rash Panic And What I Learned

The digital thermometer on the nursery wall said it was exactly 68.5 degrees, but I was sweating through my t-shirt. It was 2:14 AM, the Portland rain was actively trying to breach our window seals, and my son was screaming...

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Exhausted dad staring at a glowing baby monitor at 3am

Why a Coughing Baby is Actually Louder Than a Hydrogen Bomb

The glowing green light on the baby monitor flickered at precisely 3:14 am, followed immediately by a sound that I can only describe as a tiny, furious seal trapped in a tin can. Then came the dreaded pause. The silence...

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Stressed mom holding a coffee mug while looking at a tablet screen in confusion

A Letter To Past Me: That Cry Baby Movie Was A Huge Mistake!

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, Right now you're standing in the kitchen. It's exactly 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and you're wearing those awful gray maternity sweatpantsβ€”yes, the ones with the mysterious bleach stain on the left thigh...

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Exhausted mom holding a screaming infant in a dark nursery at 3 AM

Why Your Baby Won't Stop Crying (And Why It’s Not Your Fault)

It was 4:13 AM on a Tuesday. I know this because my phone was illuminated on the kitchen counter, showing a weird crying baby gif my husband Dave had just texted me from the next room in a sleep-deprived delirium....

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A frustrated dad staring at a complicated pile of baby clothes.

Why 90% of cute baby clothes are complete structural disasters

It was 3:14 AM, I had a small flashlight clamped between my teeth, and I was sweating profusely while trying to line up seven asymmetrical metal snaps on a pair of corduroy infant overalls. My son, Leo, who was three...

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A camping tent in the woods with scattered baby gear and a wooden play gym

"A Dingo Ate My Baby": How A 90s Joke Became My Parenting Nightmare

The digital clock on the nursery wall reads 2:14 AM. The temperature monitor is holding steady at exactly 68.4 degrees. My 11-month-old son is currently using my left collarbone as a mattress, drooling a small puddle of milk onto my...

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A tired but smiling mom wearing a baby carrier next to a stroller at a sunny theme park with her infant

The Honest Truth About Taking a Disney Baby to the Theme Parks

My mother-in-law cornered me in the kitchen, squinted over her coffee mug, and told me I was throwing money straight down the drain because "the child won't remember a single second of it." Two hours later, my best friend from...

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