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Real Talk About Baby Clothes for Girls (And What Actually Works)

I'm currently staring at a photo of my oldest daughter from four years ago, and y'all, I need to issue a public apology to this child. She is exactly three weeks old in the picture, screaming her tiny, bald head...

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The Great Baby Markt Meltdown (And What You Actually Need)

I was exactly thirty-four weeks pregnant with my oldest son, sitting on the cold bathroom tile at two in the morning, openly weeping over a seventy-dollar wipe warmer. My phone was glowing in the dark with fourteen different tabs open,...

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Letter to My Past Self: The Cold Truth About Toddler Wooden Blocks

It's 2:14 in the morning. I'm sitting on the edge of the bathtub rubbing the arch of my left foot where a neon plastic interlocking brick just tried to amputate my heel. I'm writing this to you, Priya from six...

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Verzweifelter Vater hΓ€lt eine elektrische ZahnbΓΌrste fΓΌr Kinder neben einem grinsenden Baby.

Elektrische ZahnbΓΌrste Kinder: Unser absurdes Dental-Debugging

Letzten Sonntag beim Barbecue hier in Portland stand ich mit einem Kleinkind auf dem Arm, das gerade hingebungsvoll auf einer Fernbedienung herumkaute, und bekam von drei verschiedenen Leuten drei komplett gegensΓ€tzliche Updates fΓΌr meine vΓ€terliche Firmware aufgedrΓ€ngt. Meine Mutter meinte,...

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Why I Finally Stopped Buying Personalized Blankets For My Kids

I was dragging a heavy plastic storage bin down the pull-down attic stairs last Tuesday, sweat dripping down the back of my neck in this brutal Texas heat, when the lid completely snapped off. Out spilled a massive, dusty mountain...

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The truth about girls clothing from a tired pediatric nurse

My mother told me I needed to dress my daughter in pure silk to protect her aura from negative energy. The veteran charge nurse on my pediatric floor said to put her in whatever was cheapest at the discount store...

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Toddler twins playing in the mud wearing durable organic cotton boys clothes

Why I exclusively buy baby boys clothes for my twin daughters

Maya was stuck in a holly bush. This wasn’t an unusual occurrence for a Tuesday morning, but what made this particular extraction difficult was that her supposedly durable, sparkly woodland-themed leggings had snagged on a branch and were rapidly unravelling...

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Dear Past Jess: Finding a Good Feeding Bottle Without the Tears

Dear Past Jess, You're standing in Aisle 12 at the big-box store right now, heavily pregnant with baby number three, staring at a literal wall of plastic and silicone, and you're crying. Real, salty, hormone-fueled tears right there next to...

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A tired dad wearing twin babies in a soft structured carrier while making tea

The baby carrier myth that nearly broke my spine (and spirit)

I'm standing in the middle of our cramped London kitchen, wrapped in fifteen feet of grey jersey material, looking like a mummy that gave up halfway through the embalming process. Maya is screaming on the rug. Chloe is staring at...

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