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Jess's toddler pushing a baby stroller in the dirt driveway

Best Baby Strollers 2025: A Letter to My Exhausted Past Self

You’re currently sweating through your maternity leggings in aisle four of BuyBuyBaby, trying to pry a half-eaten mall pretzel out of Beau’s hands before he jams it into the cup holder of a floor model, while your pregnant belly cramps...

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Priya pushing a stroller with a toddler wrapped in a Kianao blanket

The truth about finding the best baby stroller for your life

Sitting in the hospital breakroom at thirty-four weeks pregnant, chewing on generic ice chips, I received three completely conflicting mandates on how to transport a human infant. Sarah from the pediatric ward told me to buy the heaviest European luxury...

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Vintage 90s stuffed animals sitting in a plastic storage bin in an attic

The Brutal Truth About Beanie Baby Value and Nursery Safety

I'm sitting on the freezing concrete floor of my parents' garage in the Chicago suburbs, staring at three massive plastic tubs filled with Princess Diana bears and tie-dye lobsters. My mom is standing over me, casually mentioning that this plastic...

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Wooden baby toys scattered on an organic cotton playmat

Why I Threw Out the iPad: Real Talk on Baby Screen Time Limits

I was packing up three Etsy orders for custom birth announcement signs, trying to balance my phone on my knee, and completely failing to ignore my youngest baby screaming for his morning nap. I had this grand idea to find...

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A tired dad looking at a smartphone while twins play on a wooden gym.

The Day I Surrendered to YouTube Baby Videos (And Then Panicked)

It was 4:17 PM on a Tuesday in late November, which in London means it had been pitch black outside for what felt like three consecutive days, and both girls were currently engaged in a competitive screaming match on the...

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A bewildered dad looking at his phone while a baby plays on a wooden gym

I Spent Three Hours Researching The Baby Tron (It’s Not A Stroller)

I had my credit card resting on my laptop keyboard, three browser tabs open to tech review sites, and was aggressively searching for the firmware update logs for something called the "baby tron." My teenage nephew had mentioned it at...

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A mother pushing a modern infant car seat and stroller combination down a sidewalk.

Why the best baby travel system is a beautiful lie

I'm sitting at a coffee shop in Wicker Park watching a mom nurse a cold matcha latte. Next to her is a four-week-old baby, completely folded in half like a taco inside an expensive stroller frame. The car seat is...

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Pregnant woman looking annoyed while holding up an uncomfortable maternity dress

Finding a maternity dress for baby shower events without losing you...

I'm trapped in a zippered velvet prison. It's mid-July in Chicago, I'm thirty-three weeks pregnant, and the zipper on this supposed dream dress is stuck right over my left rib, which my daughter currently uses as a kicking bag. The...

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An exhausted dad staring at his phone in the dark while holding a baby

The Reality Behind 'Me As A Baby' Memes: A Letter To Past Marcus

You're currently sitting on the edge of the bathtub at 2:14 AM, staring at the baby monitor app on your phone, trying to figure out why your five-month-old son sounds like a dial-up modem struggling to connect to a bad...

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