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Pregnant mother sitting on floor surrounded by baby shower gifts and neutral decor.

The Truth About Surviving Your Own Baby Shower

I was thirty-one weeks pregnant, sitting on my incredibly dusty apartment floor in Chicago, staring at a mountain of tissue paper while my mother-in-law asked why I hated color. She had wanted royal blue balloons everywhere. I had asked for...

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The Great Registry Meltdown and the Weird Return of Buybuy Baby

I was twenty-four weeks pregnant, sitting in the sweltering heat of my Ford F-150 outside a suburban strip mall, ugly crying into a half-eaten sleeve of saltines. It was July in Texas, my ankles had officially merged with my calves,...

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A tired mom looking at a massive pile of baby clothes on her living room floor

The Brutally Honest Guide to Surviving the Baby Gear Avalanche

When I was pregnant with my first, I got three completely different pieces of advice in the span of a single Sunday dinner. My mom, who firmly believes the 1990s were the peak of human parenting, told me I needed...

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A bewildered father holding a mountain of unnecessary baby items while his twins look on.

The Great Baby Accessories Delusion: What Parents Actually Need

I'm currently staring at a twenty-pound velvet baby fedora. I found it in a plastic storage tub at the back of our loft, resting gently atop a pristine, battery-operated wipe warmer. This box is essentially an archaeological dig of my...

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A huge pile of folded organic cotton baby clothes scored during a massive online clearance.

Dear Past Jess: How to Actually Win a Bio Babykleidung Sale

Dear Jess from six months ago. You’re currently sitting on the floor of the nursery, staring at a mountain of stained, weirdly stiff fast-fashion onesies, crying because the new baby is coming in three weeks and our bank account is...

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A dad staring confused at a massive pile of complicated baby shower gifts

Decoding The Perfect Infant Gift Set Without Crashing Your System

I'm currently staring at a miniature denim jacket that features six fully functional, incredibly stiff metal buttons. My son is eleven months old now, but when he was a newborn, someone handed us a beautifully wrapped box containing this rigid...

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The Chili's Parking Lot Blowout: A Real Guide to Baby T-Shirts

I was sitting in the driver's seat of my Honda CR-V in a Chili's parking lot, staring at my four-month-old firstborn, Carter, and seriously contemplating just leaving my favorite diaper bag in the car and walking home. It was 98...

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Hunting Down The Discontinued Baby Jogger Vue: A Dad's Reality

I'm currently crouched behind a faux-reclaimed wood table at a Portland coffee shop, obsessively refreshing Facebook Marketplace on my phone while my 11-month-old attempts to deep-throat a cork coaster. Before I became a dad, my entire philosophy on gear was...

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A blue winter sleep sack on a crib mattress next to a folded organic baby blanket and a monitor.

Surviving cold nights: winter sleeping bag for newborn babies

It was two in the morning during that freak Texas freeze a few years back, and I was standing over my oldest son Jackson’s bassinet with my bare hand hovering an inch from his nose, just praying to feel a...

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