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Baby wearing an organic cotton footless newborn long sleeve romper on a rug

Why I Ditched Footies for a Newborn Long Sleeve Romper

It was three in the morning in our drafty Chicago apartment, and I was holding a screaming, poop-covered infant while trying to align what felt like eighty-four tiny metal snaps on a rigid fleece footie. My fingers were trembling, my...

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Marcus holding a folded universe pattern baby blanket in a nursery

The Truth About Crib Bedding Sets and Bumpers For Your Baby Boy

I was standing in the middle of the nursery, holding what looked like a tiny, quilted life jacket covered in cartoon bears. My aunt had generously shipped us a massive nine-piece bedding set for our baby boy, and I was...

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Organic cotton buggy sleeping bag surviving a rainy London park walk

The Muddy Puddle And My Kinderwagen Schlafsack Revelation

It's a Tuesday in late November, featuring that specific type of aggressive, sideways London drizzle that somehow bypasses your coat entirely and settles directly into your bones. I'm standing on the cracked pavement outside our flat, trying to negotiate with...

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Marcus holding a folded bamboo crib blanket in the nursery

The 11-month beta test of our bamboo crib blanket

3:14 AM. The Nanit camera app says the nursery is exactly 69.4 degrees, but when I reach into the bassinet, my daughter's neck feels like a laptop running too many Chrome tabs. She's sticky. She's thrashing. She's three months old...

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A tired mom organizing a pile of plush baby blankets on a nursery floor.

How To Actually Use The Mountain Of Plush Baby Blankets You Got

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting on the heavy rug of our two-bedroom apartment in Logan Square, staring at a mountain of fleece. The baby shower was over. My aunties had left, taking their tupperware and well-meaning unsolicited advice with...

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Tired mom holding a sleeping baby dressed in a soft bamboo pajama sleeper

I Thought $35 Bamboo Pajamas Were a Scam (I Was Wrong)

It’s 3:14 AM in mid-July. My firstborn, Jackson—who I love dearly but remains my walking, talking cautionary tale for all things parenting—is screaming his lungs out. He’s wearing one of those rigid, aggressively adorable cotton zip-ups my aunt bought him....

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A worn-out baby lovey blanket with floppy bunny ears sitting on a crib mattress

Bunny Blankets: The Great Lovey Debate and Why I Finally Caved

"If you give him that thing, he's gonna be taking it to his college dorm," my mom warned me over a lukewarm cup of Folgers when my oldest, Wyatt, was about eight months old. We were sitting at my kitchen...

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exhausted mom looking at baby clothes online on her phone

The 3 AM Bébé en Ligne Shopping Panic & What You Actually Need

Jackson (my oldest, bless his heart, and the reason I found my first gray hair at twenty-six) was exactly six weeks old, screaming like a banshee, and wearing a fleece zip-up that felt like the inside of a baked potato....

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Maya sleeping with her favorite stuffed animal blanket in the crib

The Truth About That Stuffed Animal Blanket (And Why You Need Three)

It's 2017. I'm wearing a maternity tank top that smells distinctly like sour milk, standing in the middle of a Target parking lot in the pouring rain, digging through the trunk of my Subaru while my husband holds a screaming...

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