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A vintage rainbow chameleon plush toy sitting on a modern wooden nursing chair

The 3 AM Hunt for the October 14th Beanie Baby

The screen of my laptop was basically burning my retinas, but I couldn't look away. It was 3:14 AM. I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant with Leo, sweating through a pair of maternity leggings that I had been wearing for, oh...

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A soft organic cotton baby doll resting on a folded woodland print blanket.

Choosing my first baby doll before the new sibling arrives

My daughter was holding the plastic newborn by its left ankle, dragging its bald, rigid head across the kitchen tile like a club. The eyes clicked open and shut with every hollow bounce. I was seven months pregnant with baby...

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Mom wearing a sage green linen dress holding her baby son in a complementary organic cotton romper.

The reality of matching mom and son baby clothes without the cringe

Before my son arrived, three different women cornered me with wardrobe advice. My mother-in-law insisted I needed tiny, rigid denim trousers for him, as if a newborn has business meetings to attend. A senior nurse on my floor told me...

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