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What I Wish I Knew Before Feeding Our Backyard Baby Chicks

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the driver's seat of the Subaru in the Tractor Supply parking lot. Your iced coffee is sweating all over the center console, you're wearing that stained gray college sweatshirt...

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The Baby Fairy is a Villain Manhwa Is Definitely Not for Kids

I was sitting on the sticky playroom floor last Tuesday, nursing my youngest while trying to fish a dried Cheerio out of my hair, when my oldest son Carter casually peered over my shoulder at my iPad. I had just...

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The Bloody, Wobbly Truth About When Kids Lose Their Baby Teeth

It was Tuesday morning. 6:14 AM to be exact. I was standing in the kitchen staring blindly at the coffee maker, wearing a vintage 90s baby tee that had somehow shrunk in the wash to the size of a napkin...

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Why A Baby Ashlee Telegram Search Is A Huge Red Flag For Parents

The glowing screen of my twelve-year-old nephew's borrowed iPad illuminated my dark living room at two in the morning. My toddler was going through an absolute nightmare of a sleep regression, and I just needed to cast a ten-hour brown...

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Protecting Kids from the Baby Animals Porn Man Search Threat

I used to think you could just hand a toddler a tablet, toggle the little settings menu to 'preschool age,' and walk away to make a cup of chai in peace. I genuinely believed the tech companies had it all...

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The honest guide to personalized baby gifts

I was three days postpartum, sitting on the floor of my Chicago apartment in mesh underwear, weeping openly over a cardboard box. My aunt had sent a gift. It was a massive, aggressively pink velvet pillow, roughly the size of...

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Why Spielbogen AnhΓ€nger Don't Need to Be a Vegas Light Show

My mother-in-law meant well when she handed me a massive cardboard box wrapped in pastel elephant paper. I ripped it open and stared at a neon plastic contraption that looked like a miniaturized carnival ride. It had six different blinking...

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Debugging My 11-Month-Old Baby's First Guitar Playing Setup

Yesterday at exactly 4:13 PM, my daughter attempted to eat the low E string off my Martin acoustic dreadnought. I was sitting on the rug in our living roomβ€”which I keep at a very precise, data-backed 68.5 degrees for best...

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Dear Past Jess: The Messy Truth About Board Books for Babies

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the peeling linoleum of the kitchen floor, surrounded by three baskets of unfolded laundry, staring at your youngest child. You just had to stick your index finger into his mouth...

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