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Half-finished knitted baby sweater on a wooden table next to a coffee mug

Why My First Baby Cardigan Knitting Pattern Was A Total Disaster

We were somewhere between Waco and Austin on I-35 when the screaming reached a pitch I didn't even know a human vocal cord could produce. I made my husband pull the truck over into a Buc-ee's parking lot, scrambled into...

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The great fluffy lie (and why I started googling babywolle kaufen)

The parcel arrived on a wet Tuesday, smelling faintly of lavender and aggressively good intentions. Great Aunt Muriel had knitted the twins matching cardigans. I pulled the first one out of the tissue paper and immediately realised we had a...

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A tired dad researching sleeping bags for infants online.

Why We Switched To Sleeping Bags For Infants (And You Should Too)

My mother-in-law told me to pile three heavy quilts on him because Portland nights are drafty and he was going to freeze. The exhausted NICU nurse at the hospital swaddled him so tightly in a receiving blanket that he looked...

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Baby wearing a breathable organic cotton newborn knit onesie

The completely unhinged truth about buying a newborn knit onesie

I was exactly 37 weeks pregnant with Maya, sweating through a maternity tank top that had a permanent grease stain from a rogue french fry I dropped during my second trimester, when the great clothing wars officially began. We were...

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Sarah drinking coffee while holding a crying baby in a puffy winter snowsuit

My Honest Erstausstattung Winterbaby Survival Guide For Moms

It's mid-November, I'm standing in our tiny apartment hallway in maternity leggings that honestly smell vaguely like sour milk, and I'm sweating profusely while drinking lukewarm coffee because my three-week-old son Leo looks exactly like a furious, red-faced marshmallow. I...

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Frustrated mom holding a tiny baby cardigan and drinking lukewarm coffee

Cardigan Infant Wardrobe: Why I Burned All My Pullovers

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was sweating through my only clean pair of maternity leggings in the parking lot of a Target. Leo was exactly three weeks old, screaming like I was actively injuring him, and...

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Ein kleiner Junge im Skianzug sitzt lachend im Schnee

Skianzug Kinder Jungen: Warum wir drei kauften, bis einer passte

Ich saß auf dem eisigen Fliesenboden dieser extrem nach feuchtem Hund und ranzigem Pommesfett riechenden Skihütten-Toilette in Laax, balancierte meinen lauwarmen Hafermilch-Cappuccino auf dem Rand des Waschbeckens und versuchte verzweifelt, meinem Sohn Leo (der damals 3 war und heute 4...

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A chunky sage green knitted newborn outfit for a baby boy on a bed next to a cold cup of coffee.

The Truth About the Knitted Newborn Outfit Boy Parents Buy

When I was pregnant with my first son, Leo, my mother-in-law handed me this massive, heirloom cable-knit cardigan and said, "He must wear this home from the hospital, babies lose all their heat." The very next day, my best friend...

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Toddler boy in a messy blue knit sweater drinking from a sippy cup

The Absolute Truth About Toddler Boy Sweaters

"Put him in raw wool, it builds character and keeps the chest warm," my mother-in-law announced over Thanksgiving turkey while Leo, my four-year-old, was actively trying to staple a piece of ham to the dining room table. Meanwhile, my best...

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