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Sleep-deprived dad researching baby chief do it on his phone while rocking a baby.

Baby Chief Do It: 3 AM Rabbit Holes & Real Firmware Updates

It’s 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, the exact temperature in our Portland apartment is 68.5 degrees, and I'm currently forty-five minutes deep into a TikTok wormhole trying to figure out why my eleven-month-old’s behavior doesn’t match the internet’s benchmarks. My...

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The reality of raising a newborn and a kitten at the same time

There we were at three in the morning. My newborn daughter was asleep in her bassinet, her mouth hanging open like a tiny, toothless baby catfish. I was half-asleep in the glider, holding a cold cup of tea. Then a...

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The Great Baby Carrot Freakout And How We Actually Survived It

I was standing in my kitchen at exactly 2:14 PM on a Tuesday. I know the exact time because that's the precise moment my soul usually leaves my body every afternoon. I was wearing my husband Dave's gray college sweatpants...

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Note to past Tom: Getting the baby brezza sterilizer sorted

Dear Tom of six months ago, It's currently 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I know exactly what you're doing. You're standing in the kitchen in your oversized grey joggers, staring bleary-eyed into a rolling boil of tap water on...

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Dear Past Me: The baby brezza bottle warmer Survival Guide

Dear Sarah of six months ago, It’s 3:14 AM. You’re standing barefoot on the freezing faux-terracotta tiles in the kitchen, wearing Dave’s oversized college hoodie that has a suspicious yogurt stain on the pocket, and you're staring at a plastic...

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Why buying your first baby boy shoes is a complete medical scam

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently standing in a boutique in the West Loop holding a pair of miniature high-top sneakers that cost more than your favorite nursing scrubs. You're tracing the stiff leather with your thumb and...

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Top Baby Boy Names 2025: From Vintage Charm to Nature Trends

I was sitting on my back porch in 103-degree Texas heat, seven months pregnant with my oldest, sobbing uncontrollably into a spiral notebook. My husband had just walked outside with a glass of ice water, taken one look at my...

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Forget The 2001 Myths: Keeping Your Baby Boy Alive And Thriving

I'm sitting on the nursery floor at three in the morning, holding my screaming infant, and staring at a hand-me-down parenting paperback my aunt insisted I read. It's a guide to raising boys, published right around the turn of the...

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The Reality Of The Baby Box Trend (Cardboard Beds To Alarms)

I once had a first-time mother in the maternity ward ask me if she should throw out her expensive solid wood crib because a parenting blog told her infants only thrive in cardboard boxes. She was holding a beautifully printed...

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