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A tired dad holding a farm animal picture book and a coffee mug.

Debugging The Farm Book: What Do We Actually Call A Baby Goat?

It's 5:43 AM and my brain is currently running on safe mode. My 11-month-old son is sitting on my lap, aggressively pointing a sticky, banana-coated index finger at page four of a cardboard farm book. I'm staring at an illustration...

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A tired mother holding a baby panda teether in a dimly lit nursery room

Letter to myself about red panda babies and surviving the night

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the peeling linoleum of the nursery floor at three in the morning, staring at a pile of unwashed swaddles and frantically googling the birth weight of exotic animals. You think...

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Little girl pointing at a fledgling bird of prey in the backyard grass

How To Handle It When Your Kids Find A Wild Raptor In The Yard

Tuesday morning. 7:14 AM. I'm standing in my kitchen wearing a grey fleece robe that smells vaguely of sour milk and defeat, holding my third cup of lukewarm coffee. It's the kind of morning where everything is just slightly damp...

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Toddler watching wobbly rescue kittens on a tablet while sitting on a round vegan play mat next to a tabby cat.

The Baby Corn Cat Panic: A Letter to Myself on BLW & Felines

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold kitchen tiles at 7:14 AM wearing Mike's ratty Villanova hoodie—the one with the suspicious, crusty stain on the left sleeve that might be yogurt but is probably something...

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Stressed mom holding toddler on hiking trail looking for wildlife

Why That Cute Baby Moose Is Actually A Hiking Nightmare

I was holding my breath so hard I thought I was going to pass out right there on the gravel trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. We had blown our vacation budget driving up from Texas just to get out...

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A small baby opossum sitting in the grass near a garden compost bin

What to Do When Your Kids Find a Tiny Opossum in the Backyard

Tuesday morning. 7:14 AM. I'm standing in the damp grass wearing my husband's oversized flannel bathrobe, one fuzzy sock because the dog stole the other one, and holding a mug of coffee that has already been microwaved three separate times....

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Two toddlers in organic cotton staring at a distant marine mammal on a grey beach

That time we met a stranded sea sausage on the Norfolk beach

We were halfway across a devastatingly windy, aggressively grey stretch of the Norfolk coastline when one of the twins pointed a sandy, half-eaten breadstick at what appeared to be an abandoned sleeping bag. It was a bleak Tuesday in October,...

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A dad looking stressed on his laptop while researching baby turtle habitats with his 11-month-old.

Why Looking At Baby Turtles For Sale Was My Rookie Dad Mistake

It was 10:45 AM on a Saturday, raining sideways in Portland, and I was hiding from my own house. My wife was attempting to get our 11-month-old to take his morning nap, a process that currently resembles negotiating a hostage...

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Toddler watching a video of a baby wombat while wearing an organic cotton bodysuit

Why a Baby Wombat Video Ruined My Tuesday (And Other Lessons)

It's exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm standing barefoot on the freezing kitchen tile wearing my husband Dave's oversized tech-conference t-shirt from 2016, trying to explain to my weeping four-year-old why I can't sew a pouch onto her...

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