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The Honest Truth About Mixing Human Kids And Baby Puppies Now

My grandmother always kept this framed cross-stitch in her kitchen of a rosy-cheeked toddler sleeping peacefully in a wicker basket with a fluffy golden retriever pup tucked right under his arm. Let me just tell y'all, that image is the...

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Confused London dad looking at a screeching bald baby pukeko in a ditch

Letter to Myself: Surviving the Baby Pukeko Encounter

Dear Tom of six months ago, You're currently sitting on the floor of the flat in Hackney, aggressively trying to cram forty-two nappies and a mountain of wipes into a suitcase that was clearly designed for a weekend in Paris,...

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Dear Past Me: Surviving a Baby Pug and a Human Infant at Once

Dear Past Me from exactly six months ago, It's Tuesday, 10:14 AM. You're standing in the kitchen wearing those black maternity leggings that you absolutely refuse to throw away even though Leo is four and Maya is seven. You have...

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The Blunt, Honest Truth About Feeding Baby Puffs To Your Kids

I was cleaning out my minivan last Tuesdayβ€”a task I only do when the smell of sour milk becomes physically unbearableβ€”and I found it. Cemented to the floorboard beneath the car seat, practically fossilized into the upholstery, was a single,...

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A tiny green baby praying mantis crawling on my finger while my 11-month-old tries to grab it in our kitchen.

Surviving a Baby Praying Mantis Hatch With an 11-Month-Old Kid

It was 6:15 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at a plastic mesh butterfly pavilion on my kitchen counter like I was waiting for a server to reboot. I held a plastic spray bottle in one hand, completely...

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Sorting out the truth about cooking potatoes for your infant

My mother-in-law told me to boil them in full-fat milk and mash them with enough ghee to lubricate a small engine. She said it would make my son strong, calling him her little beta while ignoring my terrified first-time-mom face....

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A dad's honest survival guide to baby poop colors and nappies

My mother-in-law told me mustard yellow means they're digesting their milk perfectly. The NCT instructor casually mentioned that anything even slightly green requires immediate, intensive medical intervention. And a bloke at our local pubβ€”who freely admitted he hasn't held a...

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The Honest Truth About Baby Poop (And What Is Actually Normal)

I was holding a flashlight between my teeth at 3:15 AM, trying to angle my phone camera just perfectly so I didn't get a glare off the shiny puddle of what looked like alien slime in my oldest son's diaper....

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The ugly truth about that cute baby pool float you just bought

My sister-in-law's backyard in Naperville smells intensely of expensive mineral sunscreen and chlorine. It's mid-July, the humidity is oppressive, and I'm standing at the edge of the water holding a thrashing nine-month-old. My mother-in-law is hovering nearby, aggressively trying to...

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