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Toddler throwing a tantrum over wearing pants next to a pile of outgrown clothes.

The Brutal Truth About Kinder Kleider: Clothes That Actually Fit

"Buy them a size up so they get two seasons out of it," my mom told me over the phone while I was staring blankly at a rack of toddler jeans, trying to figure out if the waist looked wide...

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The Ultimate Guide to Baby Grâße: Making Sense of Tiny Clothes

I was wrestling my oldest, Carter, into a zippered footie pajama at two in the morning, practically sweating through my own shirt. He was technically four months old, and the little tag scratching the back of his neck proudly proclaimed...

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Toddler crawling on the floor wearing an organic cotton baby bodysuit pretending to be a lost kitten.

I'm a Baby Kitty Where's Mama: Surviving The Feline Phase

My hands were aggressively deep in a bowl of raw ground beef and breadcrumbs when I felt something wet drag across my bare ankle. I didn't even jump. When you've three kids under five, you just accept that random wet...

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Tired dad holding a toddler wearing a stretchy traditional gathered dress

The Truth About Surviving Weddings in Smocked Baby Girl Clothes

I'm standing in the disabled toilet of a remarkably pretentious Surrey golf club, holding a heavily soiled nappy in one hand and half a crumbling shortbread biscuit in the other. Somewhere beyond the mahogany door, a string quartet is aggressively...

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A toddler wearing toddler flare jeans and a white top at the playground

My Spectacular Fails Before Giving Up On Toddler Flare Jeans

It was 10:14 AM on a random Tuesday, and I was wearing faded black leggings that hadn't seen the inside of a yoga studio since Obama was in office. I was holding a lukewarm iced coffee from that local place...

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Mom wearing a silicone teething chain while holding a fussy baby

The ultimate teething necklace for mum (and dad's collarbone)

It's exactly 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, the ambient temperature of the nursery is locked at 68.5 degrees, and I'm sweating entirely through my vintage Portland Timbers t-shirt. The baby is currently thrashing in my arms, his fingernails digging into...

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Tired mom holding a baby while looking confused at a rack of ladies clearance apparel.

The Truth About That Huge Women Clothing Sale For Tired Moms

The right wheel of my double UPPAbaby stroller was jammed so hard against the slatted door of fitting room number three that I couldn't pry it open if there was a fire. I was standing there in a local boutique...

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Toddler clothes scattered across a wooden nursery floor

Dear past Priya: The unapologetic guide to kinder kleider

You're currently pinned to the nursery floor. Your toddler is starfish-spread across the rug, screaming because his green pants feel too spicy today. You're sweating through your scrub top, twenty minutes late for your shift at Rush, staring at a...

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Toddler girl wearing organic cotton pants crawling over gravel without scraping her knees

Why I Exclusively Buy Boys Cargo Pants for My Feral Twin Girls

My mother cheerfully informed me that little girls should be dressed exclusively in floral smocked dresses, which is a lovely sentiment if your children sit perfectly still on a velvet cushion playing the harp. My extremely intense NCT group leader...

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