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The Beanie Baby Ty Debate: Why My 90s Toys Stay In The Attic

I was sitting cross-legged on the splintery plywood of my mom's Texas attic, sweat pooling at the base of my neck while I tried to organize boxes of my old high school junk. My mom, who firmly believes every piece...

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Debugging The 90s Plush Stash: The Great Beanie Baby Tag Dilemma

I was sitting cross-legged on the nursery floor at 10 AM on a Saturday, entirely surrounded by a 30-gallon plastic storage bin of my childhood. My mom had just dropped off the "archives," grinning like she had just unburdened herself...

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Exhausted dad researching baby Sinclair sleep advice while holding a teething infant

The truth about baby Sinclair sleep advice and 90s dinosaurs

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I've got cold, regurgitated milk drying on my left shoulder while attempting to type search queries into my phone with my nose. Florence is screaming because she's awake, and Matilda is screaming because...

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The Truth About the Baby Reindeer Cast Before You Hit Search

I was elbow-deep in a pile of clean laundry that had been sitting on the armchair for four solid days, casually typing "baby reindeer" into my phone with one thumb. I was just trying to find a matching woodland holiday...

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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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The Truth About Singing "...Baby One More Time" To Your Kids

When I brought my oldest son home from the hospital, I was hit with a barrage of unsolicited advice about what he should be listening to that basically made me want to hide under my bed. My mom swore up...

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My toddler found baby mario and my screen time rules evaporated

The console was just sitting there on the coffee table, a glowing rectangle of temptation my husband forgot to dock the night before. It was 6:15 in the morning. I was in the kitchen trying to make coffee with one...

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Exhausted dad holding a baby in a dimly lit nursery room.

Singing 'Be My Baby' Lyrics At 3AM Saved My Paternal Sanity

It’s 3:14 AM on a damp Tuesday in Walthamstow, and my twin girls have decided to form a heavy metal screaming choir. Florence is handling the high-pitched falsetto, while Matilda is providing a guttural, terrifying bass that frankly shouldn't be...

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Dear Jess: Surviving Colic and Why We Watch Cry-Baby 1990 Now

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the cold linoleum of the laundry room floor at 3:14 AM. The dryer is tumbling a single wet towel just to generate enough white noise to drown out the ringing...

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