The Day I Cried Over Target: Why You Need A Baby Registry Finder
I was exactly twenty-six weeks pregnant with my oldest when I had a complete, snot-nosed meltdown in the front seat of my 2008 Honda CRV. I had just waddled out of a big box store holding a scanning gun that...
The Truth About Building a Target Registry for Your Baby
I was seven months pregnant with my oldest, sweating through my maternity leggings in the middle of a Target aisle, clutching a plastic barcode scanner like it was a weapon. My mom was tossing wipe warmers and tiny, pointless patent...
The Honest Truth About Baby Shower Invites (And Surviving Them)
I was sitting at my kitchen island in July of 2017, my ankles swollen to the exact size and texture of grapefruits, wearing a maternity tank top that had a crusty mustard stain on the hem, crying over cardstock. Literally...
The Only Survival Gear You Actually Need for a Newborn
I was standing in the middle of aisle four with that stupid plastic scanning gun in my hand, watching my husband happily zap a $400 wipe warmer. I had to physically pry the scanner out of his grip. My brain...
How to Build Your Amazon Registry Baby List Without Losing It
I was thirty-two weeks pregnant with my oldest, Beau, sitting on the faux-wood laminate floor of our tiny rental house, sobbing hysterically because the internet told me I needed a three-hundred-dollar wipe warmer. The nearest big-box store was a forty-five-minute...
Decoding Baby Registry Must Haves Without Crashing Your Brain
It's precisely 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, my mechanical keyboard is clacking, my dual-monitor setup is glowing with the intensity of a thousand suns, and I've exactly forty-seven browser tabs open trying to parse the flow rate variations of infant...
How to Actually Do a Target Baby Registry Search Without Tears
When I was about seven months pregnant with Maya, three different people gave me three completely contradictory pieces of advice about how getting people to buy us newborn gear actually worked. My mother-in-law insisted that guests just walk up to...
Dear Past Me: The baby brezza bottle warmer Survival Guide
Dear Sarah of six months ago, Itβs 3:14 AM. Youβre standing barefoot on the freezing faux-terracotta tiles in the kitchen, wearing Daveβs oversized college hoodie that has a suspicious yogurt stain on the pocket, and you're staring at a plastic...
What Nobody Tells You About the Amazon Baby Registry Welcome Box
I was sitting on my living room floor, ankle-deep in cardboard boxes and packing peanuts, sweating through my maternity shirt in the middle of a brutal Texas July. I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant with my oldest childβthe one who's currently...