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A frustrated dad looking at a smartphone while holding an 11 month old baby

Finding the best evo baby dragon deck (When you thought it was a toy)

Standing in my kitchen at 2 AM, waiting for the bottle warmer to hit exactly 98.6 degrees, I got a text from my 12-year-old nephew asking if I could Apple Pay him five bucks so he could finish building the...

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Baby boy wearing an organic cotton christening romper in a church pew.

How to Pick a Baby Boy Baptism Outfit for a Catholic Church

Father Michael is speaking at length about the concept of original sin, but I'm entirely focused on preventing my two-year-old daughter, Florence, from eating a laminated hymn book. In the pew ahead of me, my sister is holding my six-month-old...

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A baby girl in a smocked dress looking suspiciously at a bowl of carrots

A Letter to Myself About the Absurdity of Smocked Baby Clothes

Dear Tom of six months ago. I know exactly where you're right now. You're standing in the upstairs bathroom at your mother-in-law's house, holding Maya at arm's length over the porcelain sink. You're staring at a Β£75 hand-smocked, pale blue...

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Baby wearing a soft organic cotton bodysuit sitting quietly in a church pew.

The Honest Truth About Your Baby Dedication (And Surviving It)

Let me paint a picture for y'all. It's Sunday morning, roughly 10:15 AM. I'm sitting in the second pew, sweating clean through my nice silk blouse, while my oldest sonβ€”who was supposed to look like a literal angel from heavenβ€”is...

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A first-time dad looking exhausted while holding one tiny organic cotton baby sock

The impossible physics of keeping baby socks on kicking feet

At 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, I found myself on my hands and knees in the nursery, using my iPhone flashlight to hunt for a microscopic piece of gray fabric. My eleven-month-old son was asleep in his crib, oblivious to...

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Mother looking at a list of newborn must haves while holding laundry

Cosas Necesarias Para Un Recien Nacido: A Mom's Honest Guide

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant with my oldest, Hunter, sitting in a nest of packing peanuts on the nursery floor while my husband tried to decipher the instruction manual for an electric wipe warmer. I was sweating through my maternity...

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Folded organic cotton onesie set on a wooden nursery dresser

A letter to myself about the perfect onesie set

Listen. You're currently standing over the bassinet at 3:14 AM watching a mustard-yellow stain slowly bloom across the back of your daughter's supposedly leak-proof pajamas. You're exhausted. You're calculating how many hours of sleep you can get before your shift...

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A tired mom looking at a massive pile of outgrown baby clothes in her living room

Where to Sell Baby Clothes When The Piles Literally Take Over

"You need to put everything on Poshmark," my neighbor Jessica told me on Tuesday morning while we were standing outside the preschool gates. "No, God, ThredUp is the only way, who has time to ship?" my sister texted me literally...

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A half-finished yellow knitted baby cardigan on an organic cotton blanket

Why I Tackled a Newborn Cardigan Knitting Pattern for Twins

The bamboo needle slipped from my sweating thumb at precisely 3:14 a.m., sending a cascade of buttery yellow yarn unspooling across the duvet while my wife snored peacefully beside me, seven months pregnant with twins. I was supposed to be...

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