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Frustrated mom holding a pile of mismatched baby christmas pjs in her living room.

Why Buying Baby Christmas PJs Nearly Broke My Spirit This Year

I was sitting waist-deep in a pile of aggressively red, synthetic fleece at 11 PM on a Tuesday, completely drenched in sweat. My oldest, Wyatt, was screaming in the background, my husband was staring at me like I'd completely lost...

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The Truth About Crib Bedding Sets and Bumpers For Your Baby Boy

I was standing in the middle of the nursery, holding what looked like a tiny, quilted life jacket covered in cartoon bears. My aunt had generously shipped us a massive nine-piece bedding set for our baby boy, and I was...

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A messy toddler eating off a divided bamboo plate with a silicone suction base.

Dear Priya: The ugly truth about those bamboo childrens plates

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently scraping dried avocado out of the grooves of our dining room floor with a butter knife. Your son is screaming because his water is too wet. You're exhausted. I know you think...

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Messy laughing baby wearing a soft organic cotton ribbed shirt on a living room playmat

Dear Past Jess: The Truth About That Perfect Babyglück Shirt

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently standing over the changing table in the guest room, sweating straight through your only clean nursing bra while desperately trying to peel a rigid, zero-stretch denim-look button-down over Leo’s abnormally large head....

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Messy pile of baby knit sweaters and rompers on a changing table

The Truth About Infant Knit Clothes (And Why Everyone Is Lying To You)

I was sitting at my kitchen island, hugely pregnant with Leo, wearing maternity leggings that had somehow lost their elasticity in the knees, when three different women gave me completely contradictory advice about dressing a winter baby within a span...

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Jess looking frustrated at a laptop full of fake online discount codes.

How To Actually Get A Working Babypark Gutscheincode In 2024

There I was, sitting on the cold edge of my master bathtub at two in the morning because it was the only room in the house where the WiFi actually reached but the crying from the nursery was properly muffled,...

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A worn-out baby lovey blanket with floppy bunny ears sitting on a crib mattress

Bunny Blankets: The Great Lovey Debate and Why I Finally Caved

"If you give him that thing, he's gonna be taking it to his college dorm," my mom warned me over a lukewarm cup of Folgers when my oldest, Wyatt, was about eight months old. We were sitting at my kitchen...

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Mother dressing her newborn baby in a side-snap wrap shirt

The ugly truth about onesies vs kimonos for newborns

The aesthetic Instagram moms want you to believe that newborns wear matching ribbed knit sets with perfectly aligned wooden buttons. They post these serene hospital photos where the baby is tucked into a tiny, flawless sweater. You buy into it...

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A baby wearing a soft, retro-inspired infant tee sitting on a rug

The Truth About Infant Vintage Tees (And What to Buy Instead)

I was elbow-deep in a dusty bin at an antique mall in Waco when I found it: an authentic, 1986 tour shirt for some hair metal band, shrunk down to a size twelve months. I bought it for my oldest,...

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