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Baby sleeping safely in a bare crib without any loose rainbow blankets

Why that rainbow baby blanket stayed completely out of our crib

I was staring at a pile of crumpled tissue paper in my mother-in-law's living room when I finally unwrapped it. It was a rainbow blanket, heavy and soft, knitted by an auntie who knew exactly what my previous year had...

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A grey stroller footmuff lined with natural wool in a snowy park

Kinderwagen fußsack für neugeborene: Surviving winter walks

I was standing outside a bakery in the Loop last January when I watched a terrified new dad try to shove his three-week-old into a stroller bassinet. The baby was wearing a fleece onesie, a thick synthetic snowsuit that made...

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Toddler wearing a chunky oversized sweater looking away from camera

The survival guide to the baby knit pullover

It was thirty degrees in Chicago last November, and my fourteen-month-old was doing the alligator death roll on the living room rug. I was attempting to line up three microscopic buttons on a very trendy, very stiff denim jacket his...

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Sarah mit kaltem Kaffee und einer viel zu großen Babydecke im Kinderzimmer

Welche Babydecke-Grâße braucht man? Der vâllig chaotische Guide

Ich war in der 36. Woche schwanger mit Leo, trug eine uralte, an den Knien vΓΆllig ausgeleierte graue Jogginghose von meinem Mann, die ich heroisch unter meinen massiven Bauch gerollt hatte, und schwitzte wie verrΓΌckt. Es war August. Ich stand...

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A crumpled merino wool baby blanket thrown over the back of a nursery rocking chair.

Dear Sleep-Deprived Me: That Babydecke aus Wolle Was the Answer

Dear Sarah from last November, You're sitting on the cold kitchen tiles right now, wearing Mark's paint-stained gray sweatpants, surrounded by crushed Cheerios that Maya threw on the floor like, three days ago. You're holding a mug of Folgers that...

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Baby boy surrounded by organic muslin cloths and safe wooden toys

Real Talk on Geburtsgeschenke Jungs: Gifts We Actually Used

I'm literally sitting on my living room floor with a trash bag in one hand and a pair of kitchen scissors in the other, trying to aggressively dismantle a three-tiered "diaper cake" constructed entirely of newborn-sized diapers and thick blue...

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Exhausted mom holding a baby romper and a cold coffee

Baby Rompers Changed My Life: Why I Threw Away All My Infant Pants

Seven years ago, it's 3:14 AM. I'm sitting cross-legged on the floor of my daughter Maya’s nursery in a stained, oversized Nirvana t-shirt, weeping silently while trying to pull a pair of miniature, stiff denim jeans over a bulging, blowout-level...

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A folded babydecke aus merinowolle resting on a nursery chair.

The truth about using a decke aus merinowolle for baby sleep

The radiator in our Chicago apartment clanks at exactly three in the morning. That was usually my cue to drag myself out of bed, shuffle across the freezing hardwood floor, and do the two-finger neck check on my daughter. It...

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A messy living room floor with a round waterproof baby mat and wooden toys.

How I Finally Found a Play Activity Mat That Did Not Drive Me Crazy

When I was pregnant with my oldest, Tucker, I swear everybody had a loud opinion on where exactly the baby was supposed to exist when I wasn't holding him. My grandmother told me to just throw a handmade quilt on...

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