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Premature baby wearing organic size 44 wrap bodysuit in NICU

Why Preemie Size 44 Clothes Actually Matter for NICU Graduates

My mother-in-law told me to just roll up the sleeves on standard newborn clothes to save money. A mom in my peanut app group proudly shared that she bought doll outfits from a local toy store. The exhausted resident on...

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A tiny wrap bodysuit in premature size 44 lying next to tangled hospital monitor wires

Premature babies and the sheer panic of size 44 clothing

There's a very specific, cold dread that washes over you when you attempt to put a standard newborn baby-grow onto a two-kilogram human. I was standing next to Twin A’s clear plastic hospital cot, entirely sleep-deprived and sweating through a...

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A messy pile of ribbed organic baumwoll leggings next to a half-folded laundry basket

The Ugly Truth About My Switch to Bio Baumwoll Leggings

I was standing in my laundry room at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday night, aggressively peeling a pair of toddler pants out of the dryer lint trap, when it actually hit me. The pants were crackling. Literally throwing off visible...

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Confused dad inspecting a printed baby romper while his baby plays on the floor

Bedruckte Baby Strampler: Troubleshooting the Custom Romper

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was using my iPhone flashlight to inspect the inner thighs of my screaming eleven-month-old. Leo was wearing a custom printed "Future Coder - Loading 50%" romper that my brother had proudly...

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A folded organic custom baby romper sitting on a changing table next to safe wooden toys

The ugly truth about babystrampler personalisieren (custom rompers)

Before I ordered my first custom onesie, my mother called me in a panic to say that putting a baby's name on their chest is how kidnappers lure them out of strollers. My neighbor, who coordinates her family's outfits for...

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Two baby girls wearing slightly stained funny organic cotton rompers.

The Truth About Funny Baby Rompers When You Have Twins

The left leg is pinned down, the right leg is currently bicycle-kicking my jaw, and I'm staring at a bright yellow chest piece that boldly proclaims, "Ich schreie nicht, ich bestelle Essen" (I'm not crying, I'm ordering food). It's 3:42...

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A tired dad trying to figure out the snaps on a wrap-style infant top.

Surviving the Floppy Head Phase With a Wrap-Style Baby Outfit

I'm sweating entirely through my gray t-shirt in Room 402 of Legacy Emanuel hospital. My daughter is exactly 36 hours old, and I'm holding a piece of yellow cotton with a neck hole that looks roughly the size of a...

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Soft organic cotton infant kimono set folded on a messy nursery changing table

The 3 AM Poop Blowout That Saved Me From Over-The-Head Onesies

There was poop in Leo’s ear. I don’t mean a little smudge, I mean a scientifically impossible amount of bright yellow liquid nightmare that had somehow defied gravity and traveled all the way up his back, past his neck, and...

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A squirmy baby wearing organic cotton tights with the feet sliding halfway down their ankle on a playmat.

Why I Have a Love Hate Relationship With Newborn Tights With Feet

Sitting in the back pew of First Baptist, sweating completely through my holiday sweater while my three-month-old oldest, Tucker (who's basically the reason I've gray hair at thirty-one), screamed his head off during Silent Night. Why? Because it was a...

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