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Engraved wooden memory box and organic cotton baby swaddle

The honest guide to personalized baby gifts

I was three days postpartum, sitting on the floor of my Chicago apartment in mesh underwear, weeping openly over a cardboard box. My aunt had sent a gift. It was a massive, aggressively pink velvet pillow, roughly the size of...

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The Honest Truth About Buying a Baby Pouf for Your Nursery

It’s 3:17 AM, and I'm physically stuck in a velvet floor cushion. My mother-in-law insisted this giant, overstuffed monstrosity was a nursery absolute necessity, and right now I'm trying to extract my left leg from its sinking depths without waking...

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A half-empty infant oil container tipped over next to organic cotton nappies and a wooden teething toy on a rug.

The Great Baby Oil Bottle Disaster: What I Actually Know Now

It's twenty past midnight, and I'm currently holding what feels exactly like a greased watermelon. Twin One (who used to be the calm one, though we’ve long abandoned that classification) has just executed a flawless, aggressive barrel roll on the...

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Apocalyptic Parenting: Surviving the Tuesday Dystopia

The biggest lie they peddle in those damp, aggressively brightly lit NHS antenatal classes is that the primary threat to your child’s existence is external. The cheerful woman with the laminated diagrams heavily implies that your main job as a...

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Baby boy in a soft organic cotton baptism outfit held by his mother

Choosing a baby boy christening outfit that won't cause tears

Listen. The priest was mid-prayer when I saw the kid in the front pew start doing the neck-crane. You know the exact one. That desperate little turtle movement they do when a stiff collar is slowly restricting their airway. I've...

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Dad in a London park wearing a toddler on his back in a hemp apron-style carrier

Why I Finally Ditched Tactical Gear for the Lark Baby Carrier

It was pouring rain in the Sainsbury’s car park, naturally. I was standing by the open boot of my estate, desperately trying to wrestle Twin A into a contraption that looked less like a parenting accessory and more like something...

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Woven palm leaf infant basket with a firm white mattress sitting on a dark wooden floor in a nursery

My Brutally Honest Take on a Moses Basket for Baby

The heater in our third-floor Chicago walk-up clanked three times before kicking on, masking the sound of my own shallow breathing. We had just walked through the front door after three days at Rush University Medical Center. My husband dropped...

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Baby wearing a soft organic cotton spring outfit sitting on a playmat.

Debugging the Perfect Baby Easter Outfit for Spring Photos

Dear Marcus from six months ago. It's exactly 10:14 AM on a Sunday. You're currently standing in Maya’s parents' sunlit living room in Southeast Portland, holding an eleven-month-old infant who's violently attempting to ingest a handful of synthetic purple Easter...

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Newborn in a safe going home outfit for baby strapped in a car seat.

Choosing the Right Going Home Outfit For Baby: A Dad's Warning

Dear Marcus (Version -11 Months), You're currently standing next to our Honda CR-V on Level 2 of the hospital parking garage, staring at a rigid plastic bucket with five straps that you're somehow supposed to secure your new daughter into....

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