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A tired parent attempting to burp a baby over their shoulder

When Do You Actually Stop Burping a Baby? An Honest Dad Guide

Dear Tom from six months agoβ€”or rather, let's cast our minds all the way back to the dark trenches when the twins were tiny, because time is a flat, milk-stained circle and my trauma has simply manifested as a letter...

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Confused pregnant mom drinking coffee looking at a baby ultrasound photo

When Can You Find Out the Gender of a Baby? A Messy Guide

When I was barely six weeks pregnant with Leo, sitting at a lukewarm brunch while desperately trying not to hurl into my overpriced oatmeal and clutching my third decaf coffee like a lifeline, I got three entirely different timelines for...

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A tired British dad folding Mebie Baby bamboo sleepsuits while two toddlers destroy the room

The Truth About Mebie Baby: A Letter to My Sleep-Deprived Self

Dear Tom from six months ago, You're hiding in the downstairs loo right now, aren't you? You've got one foot wedged against the door to keep the twins out, you're covered in something sticky that you pray is just mashed...

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A bewildered dad holding a tiny organic cotton baby beanie in a nursery.

Debugging The Baby Beanie: My Thermal Miscalculations As A Dad

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, roughly two weeks after we brought our son home, and I was staring at the Nanit monitor on my nightstand like it was a mission-critical server dashboard. The camera feed showed my kid...

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Exhausted mother holding her crying baby while looking at her phone in a dark nursery

Dear Past Me: The Messy Truth About Having a Lip Tie Baby

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting on the undersized, aggressively cheerful yellow chair in Dr. Vance’s pediatric dental waiting room. It’s a Tuesday. You're wearing those black leggings that have a hole near the left knee,...

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A first-time dad looking exhausted while holding one tiny organic cotton baby sock

The impossible physics of keeping baby socks on kicking feet

At 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, I found myself on my hands and knees in the nursery, using my iPhone flashlight to hunt for a microscopic piece of gray fabric. My eleven-month-old son was asleep in his crib, oblivious to...

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Coffee cup next to a neutral baby play mat on a messy living room floor

The Honest Truth About Newborn Floor Time and Baby Play Mats

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the Target parking lot in your yoga pants with the hole in the crotch, violently tapping your steering wheel while Googling whether cheap foam floor tiles cause neurological damage....

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Mother looking at a list of newborn must haves while holding laundry

Cosas Necesarias Para Un Recien Nacido: A Mom's Honest Guide

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant with my oldest, Hunter, sitting in a nest of packing peanuts on the nursery floor while my husband tried to decipher the instruction manual for an electric wipe warmer. I was sweating through my maternity...

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Folded organic cotton onesie set on a wooden nursery dresser

A letter to myself about the perfect onesie set

Listen. You're currently standing over the bassinet at 3:14 AM watching a mustard-yellow stain slowly bloom across the back of your daughter's supposedly leak-proof pajamas. You're exhausted. You're calculating how many hours of sleep you can get before your shift...

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