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Dear Past Sarah: The Truth About That Perfect Light Blue Paint

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, It's 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, and you're sitting on the gross beige rug in the living room wearing Dave’s stained Villanova hoodie. You're drinking lukewarm French roast from a mug that has...

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The Real Baby Blue Background Nobody Warned Me About

I’m standing in bedroom three with a roller brush dripping Sherwin-Williams "Serene Sky" onto my favorite sneakers, feeling incredibly smug. I was building the ultimate calming environment. I honestly thought that establishing a literal baby blue background on the walls...

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Finding The Perfect Baby Goat Name For Toys and Nursery Themes

My mother-in-law told me I had to do a woodland nursery because farm animals "smell like chores." My neighbor Sarah insisted I buy raw milk from her cousin's pasture because "commercial formula is a scam." And my mom just dropped...

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Dear Tom: The Truth About Buying A Baby Quilt

Dear Tom of six months ago, You're currently sitting on the floor of the landing outside the twins' room at 3:14 AM. Your lower back is pressed against the radiator, you've a Calpol syringe in your breast pocket like a...

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Honest Girl Baby Shower Themes That Will Not Make You Cringe

Dear Priya from exactly six months ago. You're currently sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by three different shades of sage green cardstock while scrolling through baby shower themes, trying to figure out how to force fifty people to celebrate...

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The Moldy Bath Toy and My Black Killer Whale Baby Obsession

It was 4:12 AM, and I was standing on the freezing, fake-marble tile of our upstairs bathroom wearing Dave's college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the literal hole in the crotch that I refuse to throw away because the waistband is basically...

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The Truth About Babys Breath Flowers in Your Newborns Nursery

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're standing in the craft store floral aisle, heavily pregnant, holding a thirty-dollar bundle of dried white weeds. You're convinced this is the final touch your nursery needs to tie the whole woodland aesthetic...

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The Day I Realized Baby's Breath Was Actually Ruining My Nursery

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sweating completely through a maternity tank top in late August, staring at a giant wire hoop covered in dried white flowers that my mother had just proudly hung directly over the crib. It was supposed...

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Why trendy baby's breath is actually a nursery nightmare

I was standing by the dessert table at my sister-in-law's aggressively rustic baby shower in Evanston when I watched my toddler make a dead sprint for the floor-length floral garland. Before I could even put down my lukewarm tea, he...

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