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The Truth About Long Sleeve Onesies Before You Buy Everything

I was standing in the middle of my living room in late July, sweating clean through my postpartum leggings, holding a screaming, rigid newborn who looked and sounded exactly like an angry watermelon. I had just tried to force a...

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Why Childrens Wooden Play Blocks Actually Save Your Sanity

I was eight months pregnant with Maya, sitting at my kitchen island in a pair of maternity leggings that had basically fused to my skin, drinking my third cup of lukewarm coffee. My mother-in-law was aggressively tapping her French-manicured fingernail...

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My honest guide to surviving the Spielzeug bis 2 Jahre phase

It was 6:43 AM on a Tuesday, and I was holding a neon green plastic dog that was singing a heavily autotuned song about shapes at an ear-splitting volume. I was wearing my gray sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the bleach stain...

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The Reality of Buying a Baby Blanket With Name for Your Nursery

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant with my oldest, sweating completely through a maternity tank top in the middle of a Texas July, staring at a gift box the size of a mini-fridge. My husband’s Aunt Linda, bless her heart, was...

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How to Find Pampers im Angebot Before You Go Completely Broke

The biggest lie the baby industry feeds you is that you need a massive "diaper stockpile" before the baby even takes their first breath. I vividly remember standing in my garage, eight months pregnant with my oldest, just admiring this...

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Mode Nachhaltig: Why Cheap Baby Clothes Actually Cost You More

I'm currently staring at three giant black trash bags full of neon, scratchy, plastic-feeling onesies that my oldest wore for exactly five seconds before outgrowing them, shrinking them, or ruining them with a blowout that defied the laws of physics....

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Why I rely on a long sleeve body suit in a Portland heatwave

The thermostat in our Portland bungalow read 94 degrees last August, which meant the nursery was operating at approximately the temperature of a pizza oven. My son was three months old at the time, and I approached his overheating like...

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Spielzeug fΓΌr 1 Jahr: What I Thought vs. What Actually Works

I was standing in the middle of my living room at 6 AM yesterday, holding a lukewarm cup of coffee and staring at a blinking, singing plastic cow that my mother-in-law bought my youngest for his first birthday. The cow...

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Dear Past Me: The Honest Truth About Surviving With Baby Teethers

Dear Jess from October. You're currently standing in the kitchen at 3 AM in an oversized, spit-up covered baby tee, staring into the harsh fluorescent light of the open refrigerator. The baby is screaming loud enough to wake the dead,...

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