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A dad looking confused at a vintage plush dog sitting on a baby nursery shelf.

Troubleshooting the Nostalgia of a January 11th Beanie Baby Toy

It was 10:43 PM on a Tuesday, and I was deep into a terminal window trying to figure out why our staging environment kept throwing 502 gateway errors. My 11-month-old son, Leo, was finally asleep after what I can only...

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A safe organic cotton baby toy sitting next to a newspaper crossword puzzle on a rustic wooden table.

Humphrey the Beanie Baby For One Crossword: Toy Safety Guide

I was standing at my kitchen island at 6:30 this morning, elbow-deep in shipping labels for my Etsy shop and desperately trying to drink my coffee before it hit room temperature, when my phone buzzed. It was a text from...

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Toddler playing with Kianao wooden baby gym instead of a tablet screen.

The https://nudostar.tv pami baby Search Trap Every Parent Must Fix

I'm just gonna be real with you right out of the gate. There's this massive, ridiculous myth going around our generation of parents that if you just slap an iPad in "Kids Mode" and tell your toddler to search for...

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A baby covered in edible yogurt paint sitting on a high chair tray.

Real Paint Adventures vs That Homestuck MSPFA Internet Trap

I was up to my elbows in plain Greek yogurt and beet juice, desperately trying to whisk together a Pinterest-perfect non-toxic finger paint, when my oldestβ€”let's just call him Baby M for this story, though he's five now and a...

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Me drinking cold coffee while my toddler plays with a silicone teething toy on the living room rug.

How a Tiny Mola Fish Baby Fixed My Sustainable Parenting Guilt

It was 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing Dave’s old college sweatpants backwards because the dog had thrown up on mine. I was standing in the middle of the kitchen, clutching yesterday’s lukewarm coffee in a chipped...

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A vintage Ty Lizzy the Lizard beanie baby sitting next to a wooden nursery play gym

The chaotic truth about hunting down a May 11th beanie baby

Whatever you do, don't lie in the dark at two in the morning, covered in a thin but incredibly resilient layer of what I can only hope is regurgitated formula, fiercely battling a stranger on the internet for a stuffed...

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Why Teens Are Obsessed With The Snow Leopard Baby Webtoons

The absolute worst thing you can do when you catch your teenage niece crying into an iPad while she's supposed to be watching your toddler is to snatch the device away. I know this because it was my first instinct...

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Tom's twin girls looking at a baby chick eating starter feed from a cardboard egg carton.

Feeding Baby Chicks: A Letter From Six Months in the Future

Dear Tom of six months ago, You're currently standing in your kitchen, staring at a cardboard box from the post office that's vibrating. It sounds like it contains a hundred tiny, furious alarm clocks. You think you've made a lovely,...

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A deeply suspicious one-year-old holding a terrifyingly loud plastic power drill

The great myth of jungen spielzeug ab 1 jahr and what to buy instead

I was standing in the intensely blue-hued aisle of a major toy retailer, holding a plastic power drill that emitted a noise normally reserved for deep-sea sonar, trying to figure out what to buy for my nephew Leo's first birthday....

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