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Pregnant mom struggling with baby knitting patterns on the couch

The strickanleitung baby delusion and what I got totally wrong

It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in November 2017, and I was sitting on my living room rug in my husband's stained UCLA hoodie, crying over a bamboo knitting needle. I was seven months pregnant with Leo, my ankles...

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Baby wearing a soft retro ringer tee playing with wooden blocks.

Why I Stopped Buying the T Shirt Vintage Trend for My Babies

Let me set the scene for y'all. I'm standing in my laundry room at 11 PM on a Tuesday, up to my elbows in a bucket of warm saltwater and baking soda, trying to aggressively massage a 1989 Ninja Turtles...

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Toddler wearing a retro ringer tee playing outside in the dirt

The Truth About Retro Vintage T Shirts for Babies and Toddlers

My husband Dave was holding up a faded, paper-thin 1992 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles shirt by two fingers, extending his arm as far away from his body as physically possible, like he was handling a radioactive diaper. We were standing...

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Premature baby wearing organic size 44 wrap bodysuit in NICU

Why Preemie Size 44 Clothes Actually Matter for NICU Graduates

My mother-in-law told me to just roll up the sleeves on standard newborn clothes to save money. A mom in my peanut app group proudly shared that she bought doll outfits from a local toy store. The exhausted resident on...

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A tiny wrap bodysuit in premature size 44 lying next to tangled hospital monitor wires

Premature babies and the sheer panic of size 44 clothing

There's a very specific, cold dread that washes over you when you attempt to put a standard newborn baby-grow onto a two-kilogram human. I was standing next to Twin A’s clear plastic hospital cot, entirely sleep-deprived and sweating through a...

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Dad holding a baby girl in a cotton outfit while looking confused at a tulle skirt.

Debugging the Glitchy Physics of Baby Formalwear and Outfits

My mom told me babies need a slip under their dress so the tulle doesn't scratch. My mother-in-law said anything with a skirt is basically a sleep hazard waiting to execute a critical failure. And the barista at my favorite...

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Toddler wearing soft ribbed organic cotton baby leggings sitting on a rug

The Buc-ee's pants disaster and why I only buy leggings baumwolle bio

I'm standing in the blindingly bright, pristine bathroom of a Buc-ee’s somewhere off Interstate 35, and my eighteen-month-old son is screaming like I’m trying to exorcise a demon from his body. It’s August in Texas, which means the air outside...

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A folded organic custom baby romper sitting on a changing table next to safe wooden toys

The ugly truth about babystrampler personalisieren (custom rompers)

Before I ordered my first custom onesie, my mother called me in a panic to say that putting a baby's name on their chest is how kidnappers lure them out of strollers. My neighbor, who coordinates her family's outfits for...

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Sarah holding a soft organic cotton baby bodysuit next to a coffee cup.

From Cheap Laughs to Safe Skin: The Truth About Funny Bodysuits

It was May 2017, and I was sitting in a sweltering community hall in what I honestly thought was a breezy maternity maxi dress but was actually just a floral greenhouse for my incredibly swollen thighs. I was eight months...

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