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Seven ways to avoid getting hangry at your kids

You know how sometimes every single person around you is totally getting on your nerves? Your kids, your spouse, that driver in front of you…they’re all jerks, right? And so if you decide to snap and go off on them a little (or a lot), it’s 100% justified, because everybody really, really deserves it. Or […]

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D+D on Deadspin: How to Fly with Young Children

You know that feeling you get when you pack some bags, grab your kids, and head to the airport brimming with confidence that your entire family flight experience will be easy, effortless and enjoyable? Of course not. No one does. Because that feeling does not actually exist. But if you’re planning on flying with young children at some […]

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Remembering Our Babymoon this Saint Patrick’s Day

Today we celebrated Saint Patrick’s Day like this: and it reminded us of when we used to celebrate it like this: It also reminded us of the time we went to Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day for our big “babymoon” vacation right before we started having kids. Here are some of the shenanigans we got […]

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Kid-Friendly Song Lyrics: Escape (The Piña Colada Song)

By the time you get to be an adult, you probably have thousands upon thousands of song lyrics bouncing all around inside your brain. And every so often, you might want to belt a few of those lyrics out. Normally, this isn’t a problem. Singing in the shower or rockin’ out with the car radio […]

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The best Pre-Baby Bucket List you’ve ever seen

A funny thing happens when you have a kid. YOU DIE. Credit Well technically, you don’t actually die, but a version of you sure does. It’s that version of you that thinks heading out to the bars at 11:30 pm is a good idea. The you that sleeps until noon every single Saturday. And the […]

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8 ways becoming a parent is exactly like going to Mardi Gras

Every year, countless brave, adventurous souls leap far outside their comfort zones to do something absolutely crazy… They have kids. Or maybe they go to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. The truth is, we have a hard time telling the difference. Because when you really think about it, there is no difference between parenting […]

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Ask D+D: Is my child regressing?

My two-year-old daughter still sucks her thumb when she is tired and drifting off to sleep. Lately though, she does it during the day, she’s sucked on a younger child’s pacifier at daycare, and she sucks on a toy pacifier that came with one of her dolls. Is she regressing developmentally? Could the fact that […]