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My Guide to Surviving a Childrens Wear Sale Without Going Broke

I was standing in the middle of a fluorescent-lit mega-store with sweat actively pooling in my lower back, bouncing a screaming six-month-old on my hip while trying to wrestle a bright orange, plastic-feeling puffer coat into my shopping cart simply...

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The Great Knee Blowout: Finding the Best Leggings for Girls

It was 7:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the laundry room floor with a hot iron, trying to fuse a denim star patch over a gaping hole in a pair of hot pink pants while my...

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What No One Tells You About the Stokke Tripp Trapp Baby Set

It's barely six in the morning in Chicago, the heat just kicked on, and I'm using a dull butter knife to chip concrete-level dried sweet potato out of the tiny plastic grooves of a high chair harness. My toddler is...

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A very messy baby covered in bright orange sweet potato puree happily chewing on a soft silicone spoon in a highchair

The sweet potato disaster and the ugly truth about baby spoons

I was wearing a cream-colored sweater, which, let’s be honest, is the first and most obvious mistake I made that day. It was around 5:30 PM, the exact hour when my blood stream is approximately four percent coffee and ninety-six...

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Dear past Priya: The truth about wooden blocks for your toddler

You're standing in the middle of the living room at three in the morning, holding a plastic blender that just sang a high-pitched song about making a smoothie because your foot grazed it in the dark. Your heel is throbbing....

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Why looking up kids stores near me usually ends in disaster

The wind off Lake Michigan is currently performing a hostile takeover of the sidewalk. My toddler, who fit perfectly into his heavy coat exactly three days ago, is now hulking out of the sleeves like a tiny, irritated bodybuilder. The...

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Dear past Priya: Surviving the bunny blanket hostage crisis

It's 2:14 in the morning and you're currently army-crawling across the nursery rug, sweeping your hand under the crib like a frantic metal detector. You're looking for a twelve-inch piece of fabric with a stuffed rabbit head attached to it....

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A letter to my May self about the great toddler shorts strike

Listen, May Priya. You're sitting on the rug right now, watching your kid sweat through a pair of heavy fleece joggers while the Chicago spring decides to skip straight to eighty-five degrees and eighty percent humidity. You're holding a pair...

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Dear Past Sarah: Stop Doing Wake-Up Math and Buy the Merino Bag

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently standing in the doorway of Leo's room at 2:14 AM. You're wearing Dave's stained Villanova hoodie—the one with the mysterious bleach mark on the sleeve—and you're holding a mug of French...

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