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A messy crib mattress featuring a soft, rumpled bamboo toddler blanket draped over the edge.

Dear Past Me: The Bamboo Toddler Blanket Is Actually Worth It

Dear Jess of six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery at 2:14 AM, using your teeth to try and unjam a zipper on a fleece sleep sack that somehow got stuck on a blowout-ruined diaper...

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Priya holding a half-knitted merino wool baby blanket next to a sleeping newborn

Welche Wolle für Babydecke: The brutal truth about baby yarn

Listen, Priya from six months ago. You're sitting on the living room floor surrounded by twenty skeins of neon acrylic yarn you bought on a manic whim at a big box craft store. You think you're going to crochet the...

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Two crocheted baby blankets draped over a wooden chair next to a half-drunk cup of tea in a messy London flat.

Surviving unique baby blanket crochet patterns and SIDS anxiety

I'm currently staring at a magnificent, sprawling web of pastel acrylic yarn that has somehow managed to completely mummify my daughter’s left foot. It’s 3:14 am, the rain is hammering against our London window, and I'm sweating profusely while trying...

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A folded merino wool baby blanket next to a silicone teether on a bed

Which Yarn For Baby Blankets Will Actually Let You Sleep

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery in your sweatpants. The Chicago radiator in the corner is making that rhythmic clanking noise, and you're sweating. You're surrounded by twelve different baby blankets...

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Jess knitting a heart baby blanket with organic cotton yarn on a Texas porch.

Babydecke Mit Herzen Stricken Anleitung Kostenlos & My Tips

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently hiding in the pantry eating stale Goldfish crackers, staring at a ball of neon pink synthetic yarn you bought at the craft store because your pregnancy hormones convinced you that knitting a...

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A tired mom organizing a pile of plush baby blankets on a nursery floor.

How To Actually Use The Mountain Of Plush Baby Blankets You Got

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting on the heavy rug of our two-bedroom apartment in Logan Square, staring at a mountain of fleece. The baby shower was over. My aunties had left, taking their tupperware and well-meaning unsolicited advice with...

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A worn-out baby lovey blanket with floppy bunny ears sitting on a crib mattress

Bunny Blankets: The Great Lovey Debate and Why I Finally Caved

"If you give him that thing, he's gonna be taking it to his college dorm," my mom warned me over a lukewarm cup of Folgers when my oldest, Wyatt, was about eight months old. We were sitting at my kitchen...

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Me trapped under our kuscheldecke groß with a coffee and two kids.

The huge family blanket mistake we made (and what actually works)

It's exactly 3:14 AM and I'm sitting in the dark nursery wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed since Tuesday and a faded Nirvana t-shirt that smells vaguely of sour milk, stale coffee, and total desperation. Maya is maybe seven months...

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Maya sleeping with her favorite stuffed animal blanket in the crib

The Truth About That Stuffed Animal Blanket (And Why You Need Three)

It's 2017. I'm wearing a maternity tank top that smells distinctly like sour milk, standing in the middle of a Target parking lot in the pouring rain, digging through the trunk of my Subaru while my husband holds a screaming...

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