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Messy stack of folded receiving blankets on a nursery changing table

Why Everyone Lies About Receiving Blankets On Baby Registries

I was exactly twenty-three weeks pregnant with my oldest, standing in the middle of a big box store aisle in town with that little plastic registry scanner gun, staring at a four-pack of flannel squares while my mom insisted we...

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Exhausted dad staring at a massive pile of baby blankets while twin girls sleep in their bare cribs.

The Great Baby Decke Deception of the First Twelve Months

I'm standing in our cramped London living room, holding what can only be described as a mountain of pastel knitwear. It's three weeks before the twins are due, and my mother-in-law has just dropped off her contribution to our nursery....

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Why I Swallowed My Pride and Bought Himalaya Dolphin Baby Yarn

I was sitting on the cold linoleum of my laundry roomβ€”which doubles as the shipping department for my tiny Etsy shopβ€”staring at an $80 pile of imported raw wool that had just turned my oldest son’s neck into a patchy,...

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Tired mom drinking coffee on the floor while a toddler runs past

Dear Past Me: Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost is a Warning

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago, You're currently wedged between the bulk-sized paper towels and the dog food bin in the pantry. It's 2:14 AM. You're wearing Dave's gray college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with that unidentifiable crusty bleach stain on...

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Why I’m Terrified of the Internet and Buying Fox Blankets Instead

So my mother-in-law told me last week that I should just throw all our iPads into the nearest large body of water, my tech-bro brother-in-law said that if my seven-year-old Maya isn't coding in Python by now she’s basically going...

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A breathable Kianao baby blanket draped safely as a canopy over an infant carrier outside.

The Marshmallow Myth And The Truth About Baby Car Seat Covers

I was standing in our gravel driveway at seven in the morning, holding a screaming toddler who had somehow locked all his joints so he resembled a rigid, puffy starfish. It was 38 degrees in rural Texas, which meant the...

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Overwhelmed pregnant mom staring at a baby registry list on her phone

The Only Baby Registry List That Won't Make You Lose Your Mind

I was sitting on the surprisingly sticky linoleum floor in aisle 14 of Target, holding one of those plastic registry scanner guns like it was a literal weapon, and I was openly weeping. It was a Tuesday. I was seven...

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Surviving the Second Baby: Real Talk on the Two Under Two Chaos

I was sitting on the cold tile edge of our bathtub, leaking breastmilk through my only semi-clean t-shirt, while my 18-month-old methodically unrolled three entire rolls of toilet paper directly into the sink. I couldn't stop him because I was...

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A crumpled bamboo blanket hanging half out of a wooden toddler cot

A Letter to Myself About the Toddler Blanket Transition

You're currently staring at the glowing screen of the Motorola video monitor on your bedside table, watching as Maya attempts a sort of aggressive, synchronised swimming routine inside her 2.5 TOG sleep sack. She looks like a deeply frustrated, slightly...

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