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Why I Stopped Forcing Aesthetic Crafts and Let My Kids Make a Mess

Dear Jess from six months ago, I'm writing to you from the future, and you need to drop the organic sweet potato puree, step away from the canvas, and take a deep breath. You're currently sitting on the kitchen floor...

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The Great British Baby Buggy Illusion and What Actually Works

I'm currently wedged in the doorway of a Costa Coffee in Balham, the rear left wheel of our double transport system inexplicably locked, whilst twin A attempts to lick the condensation off the glass and twin B practices a high-pitched...

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Is My Baby Turning Blue Or Am I Just Sleep-Deprived And Panicking?

When we started weaning the twins, I received three distinct, entirely contradictory pieces of advice within a single twenty-four-hour period. My mother, dispensing wisdom from the 1990s, called to say, "Whatever you do, Tommy, don't give them carrots yet, they'll...

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Finding The Best Baby Detergent Without Losing Your Sanity

I was standing in my basement laundry room at 3:14 PM on a Tuesday, holding Maya’s absolute favorite mustard-yellow onesie which was now covered in an ungodly amount of actual mustard-yellow poop, just completely frozen in panic because of the...

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My Search for the Best Baby Books (A Warning to Past Marcus)

Dear Marcus from exactly 182 days ago: I'm looking directly at the memory of you slicing open an Amazon box on the kitchen island at 2:14 AM. It contains six different hardcovers claiming to hold the ultimate algorithm for newborn...

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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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Why those stiff miniature adult sneakers are ruining baby feet

We were at Maggie Daley Park, right in the middle of a brutal Chicago November, and my son was bleeding from his mouth. I'd dressed him in these incredibly expensive, highly structured miniature basketball shoes. They looked exactly like my...

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Dear Past Me: Just Buy the Damn Baby Shusher and Go to Sleep

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, It's 2:14 AM in your sister’s guest bedroom. You're wearing Dave's oversized Villanova hoodie that has a suspicious hardened crust on the left sleeve, and you're literally lightheaded from blowing air out of...

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A Letter to My Past Self About Surviving the Baby Shark Dance

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're standing in the kitchen right now. There's a half-eaten piece of toast on the counter and your chai is stone cold. Your sixteen-month-old is in the center of the living room, bouncing at...

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