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The Honest Truth About Nike Baby Clothes and Sizing

When I was pregnant with my first, I got sat down at my own baby shower and given three entirely different lectures on how to dress a newborn. My mom, bless her heart, insisted babies only need those white cotton...

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Hiring A Baby Sleep Consultant Saved My Sanity (And Marriage)

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. I was wearing Dave’s stained college sweatpants, nursing my four-month-old son Leo for the seventh time that night, and staring at the glowing screen of my phone through eyes that felt like they...

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Why the Baby Shamili Medical Story Sent Me Down a 3 AM Spiral

It was 2:14 AM and I was wearing my husband Mark’s tragically oversized college track t-shirt that smells vaguely of stale salsa, staring at my phone in the dark while Maya, then four months old, used my left shoulder as...

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The midnight origami crisis: A letter to my past swaddling self

Dear Past Tom, You're currently sitting on the edge of a plastic-covered mattress in the maternity ward of St Thomas' Hospital, staring at a screaming, red-faced potato named Alice, while her twin sister, Lucy, is somehow already escaping the blanket...

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Why adopting a rabbit baby is a truly terrible idea for your home

My mate Marcus texted me at half-past eleven on a Tuesday night, which is universally acknowledged as the hour when parents of toddlers make their absolute worst life decisions. "Mate," the message read, glowing aggressively in the dark while I...

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A late night letter to myself about the baby gap discount code

Dear Priya from last November. You're sitting in the dark. The baby is finally down after three false starts. Your phone screen is blinding you because you forgot to turn on night mode. You're staring at a cart containing fourteen...

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Why That Cute Baby Moose Is Actually A Hiking Nightmare

I was holding my breath so hard I thought I was going to pass out right there on the gravel trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. We had blown our vacation budget driving up from Texas just to get out...

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The Honest Truth About Using Baby Oil Gel on Newborns

My mother-in-law told me to massage my son in warm mustard oil until he resembled a glazed donut. My favorite attending physician from the pediatric ward said to stick to dry air and benign neglect. The internet moms told me...

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Surviving the great baby shark costume incident that nearly broke me

I was kneeling on the kitchen linoleum at 4:35 pm on a rainy Tuesday, frantically sawing at a yellow polyester chest cavity with a butter knife while muffled, upbeat electronic music mocked my failures. Maya, who's two and possesses the...

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