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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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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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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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Why Footless Infant Rompers Saved My Sanity (And My Wood Floors)

It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was staring at my oldest son, Carter, who was covered shoulder to knee in a blowout of biblical proportions. My husband was standing next to the changing table holding a single...

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Why Authentic Baby Band Tees Are a Terrible Idea for Your Kid

I'm currently trying to peel a rigid, stark-black AC/DC onesie off a thrashing toddler in the disabled toilet of a Wetherspoons, and I can definitively confirm that novelty infant apparel is an elaborate trap. The garment in question was gifted...

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The 3am nappy panic: A twin dad’s honest guide to buying diapers

My hand hit the bottom of the plastic wrapper and found nothing but air. It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, my right knee was soaking wet with something I refused to identify in the dark, and Maya was perfectly...

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The Truth About Babys Rompers (And Why Onesies Are A Trap)

I was standing in the blistering Target parking lot with my firstborn, trying to shove a pair of rigid denim baby jeans over a snapped bodysuit while he screamed loud enough to wake the entire state of Texas, when an...

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The huge family blanket mistake we made (and what actually works)

It's exactly 3:14 AM and I'm sitting in the dark nursery wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed since Tuesday and a faded Nirvana t-shirt that smells vaguely of sour milk, stale coffee, and total desperation. Maya is maybe seven months...

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The Great Dry Rot Disaster: A Mom’s Guide to Vintage T Shirts

It was a blistering Tuesday afternoon in my Texas driveway, and I had just wrestled my oldest child—who's now basically a walking cautionary tale for my parenting—into a pristine, never-worn 1982 Journey tour tee. I found it at Canton Trade...

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