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Processing the Tragic University of Kentucky Cheerleader Baby News

It was 5:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the sticky linoleum of my kitchen floor in sweatpants that smelled faintly of string cheese, trying to drink coffee that had been microwaved three times already. I was...

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Was Ed Gein A Babysitter? True Crime Myths & Real Childcare Fears

I was standing in my laundry room on Tuesday, elbow-deep in a pile of spit-up stained onesies, when my phone completely melted down with contradictory advice about leaving my kids. My mom called first, full of anxiety, telling me I...

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The Strange Toddler Phase Of Acting Like A Lost Feline

It's precisely 6:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm standing in my kitchen wearing a dressing gown that smells faintly of sour milk and defeat, watching my daughter Florence enthusiastically lick the skirting board. Her twin sister, Matilda, is aggressively...

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The honest guide: how to stop baby hiccups after feeding

The digital clock on the microwave glowed a hostile 3:14 AM, and the flat was finally entirely silent except for the low hum of the fridge. Florence, the slightly heavier of our twins, had just finished her bottle. I had...

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A Mom's Messy Guide to Figuring Out if Your Baby Chicks are Roosters

Dear Jess from six months ago, who's currently standing in the middle of the feed store with a baby on your hip, a toddler hanging on your leg, and a four-year-old begging for a fuzzy yellow cotton ball... Put the...

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The Midnight Mouse Panic and Why Crumb Control is Everything

It was 7:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was exactly where I always am at that time: on my hands and knees under the high chair, scraping a fossilized piece of sweet potato off the baseboard with a wet...

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When Does the Newborn Phase Actually End? A Dad's Late-Night Dive

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was holding a grunting, scrunching potato in the glow of my smartphone while the Portland rain hammered against the nursery window. We were exactly 32 days into this whole parenthood experiment....

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Let's Talk About How Do Babies Get Thrush (And How To Fix It)

My mother-in-law told me on the phone that it was because my breast pump parts were dirty. My lactation consultant heavily implied it was because I ate a brownie the day before—sugar feeds yeast, apparently, which is just incredibly unfair....

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The completely unvarnished truth about making homemade baby food

My mother-in-law cornered me in the kitchen and said I had to boil dal water for three straight hours or my son's intestines would simply shut down. My coworker from the pediatric ward texted me to skip purees entirely, advising...

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