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Exhausted dad staring at baby formula bottles in a dark kitchen

Lactose Free Formula For Babies: A Dad's Guide To Gut Bugs

It's 3:14 AM. I'm standing in our Portland kitchen, bathed in the harsh blue light of the microwave clock, frantically whisking a brand-new can of soy powder into a bottle while my 11-month-old screams like a dial-up modem connecting to...

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Tired mom checking her crying baby after a bottle feed

True symptoms of baby not tolerating formula vs normal gas

It was three in the morning. The radiator in our Chicago apartment was making that rhythmic hissing sound, and my son was rigid as a board. He was doing this terrifying back-arch maneuver, stiffening his little body and screaming at...

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Sarah looking exhausted while reading the back of an infant powder can in her messy kitchen while holding a coffee mug

Why finding baby formula without seed oils is driving me crazy

I was sitting on my kitchen floor at 3 AM wearing my husband's college sweatpants that have a literal hole in the crotch, aggressively Googling fat blends while Maya screamed from her bassinet in the other room. I had a...

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Frustrated mom looking at different gallons of water in the grocery store aisle

The Real Truth About Distilled and Purified Water for Baby Formula

It was 3:17 AM, and I was standing in my kitchen in nothing but an oversized t-shirt and postpartum mesh underwear, staring dead-eyed at a pot of boiling tap water. My oldestβ€”who's now five and serves almost entirely as a...

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Frustrated dad holding a bottle of lactose free baby formula at night

Lactose Free Baby Formula: A Dad's Guide To Tummy Troubleshooting

Dear Marcus of exactly six months ago. You're currently standing in the kitchen at 3:14 AM, the rain is aggressively hitting the Portland windows, and your son is screaming in a frequency that I'm pretty sure is permanently damaging the...

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