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Spielzeug für 2 jährige Mädchen: A Letter to My Past Self

Dear Jess of exactly six months ago, You're currently hiding in the laundry room, sitting on a pile of unfolded towels because it's the only room with a lock that actually works. Your two-year-old daughter is out there somewhere in...

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Why Childrens Wooden Play Blocks Actually Save Your Sanity

I was eight months pregnant with Maya, sitting at my kitchen island in a pair of maternity leggings that had basically fused to my skin, drinking my third cup of lukewarm coffee. My mother-in-law was aggressively tapping her French-manicured fingernail...

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My honest guide to surviving the Spielzeug bis 2 Jahre phase

It was 6:43 AM on a Tuesday, and I was holding a neon green plastic dog that was singing a heavily autotuned song about shapes at an ear-splitting volume. I was wearing my gray sweatpants—the ones with the bleach stain...

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Spielzeug für 1 Jahr: What I Thought vs. What Actually Works

I was standing in the middle of my living room at 6 AM yesterday, holding a lukewarm cup of coffee and staring at a blinking, singing plastic cow that my mother-in-law bought my youngest for his first birthday. The cow...

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The absolute chaos of tiny bodies, babys' boundaries & bath times

Dear Tom of exactly six months ago, You're currently standing in the downstairs loo, holding a soiled nappy at arm’s length while Maya attempts to post my electric toothbrush into the toilet bowl and Chloe aggressively inspects her own belly...

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Why The Right Toddler Sweater Stops Winter Car Seat Panic

"Put a proper heavy coat on those girls," my mother-in-law announced last Tuesday, eyeing the twins as if I were deliberately trying to freeze them to death on our walk to the park. "They'll completely overheat in the boot of...

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The Great Knee Blowout: Finding the Best Leggings for Girls

It was 7:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was sitting on the laundry room floor with a hot iron, trying to fuse a denim star patch over a gaping hole in a pair of hot pink pants while my...

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What No One Tells You About the Stokke Tripp Trapp Baby Set

It's barely six in the morning in Chicago, the heat just kicked on, and I'm using a dull butter knife to chip concrete-level dried sweet potato out of the tiny plastic grooves of a high chair harness. My toddler is...

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Dear past Priya: The truth about wooden blocks for your toddler

You're standing in the middle of the living room at three in the morning, holding a plastic blender that just sang a high-pitched song about making a smoothie because your foot grazed it in the dark. Your heel is throbbing....

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