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A tired mother looking at her phone in a dark nursery

A late night letter to myself about the baby gap discount code

Dear Priya from last November. You're sitting in the dark. The baby is finally down after three false starts. Your phone screen is blinding you because you forgot to turn on night mode. You're staring at a cart containing fourteen...

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Tired mother sitting beside a baby delight bassinet in a dimly lit nursery

Why The Baby Delight Bassinet Might Actually Save Your Sanity

It was 3:14 in the morning, and I was staring at a fifteen-hundred-dollar spaceship of a smart sleeper that my colicky firstborn was currently screaming bloody murder inside of. That was the exact moment I realized the biggest myth in...

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Stressed mom holding a baby in a plain white bodysuit in a waiting room

The Brutal Reality of Baby Modeling: What I Wish I Knew Beforehand

I was sweating completely through my only clean maternity bra in a strip mall off I-35 in Dallas, holding a screaming eight-month-old while twelve other perfectly coifed infants stared at us in dead, judgmental silence. My oldest son, who's now...

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A toddler playing with wooden blocks and a baby gym on the living room floor.

What Raising a Baby, a Billionaire, and Me Have in Common

I was six months pregnant with my oldestβ€”who, bless his heart, has become my walking cautionary tale for every single parenting mistake in the bookβ€”when three completely different people cornered me at my baby shower with unsolicited advice on how...

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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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How to Pick a Pink Baby Shower Dress Without Losing Your Mind

I was standing in the middle of a Texas roadhouse bathroom in July, six and a half months pregnant with my oldest, trying to peel a blush-pink polyester maxi dress off my damp skin so I could pee for the...

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Why a kyte baby discount code almost broke my sanity at 3am

It’s 3:14 AM, the absolute worst possible time for rational decision-making, and I'm illuminated entirely by the harsh, judgmental blue glow of my phone screen. Maya is currently passed out on my chest, drooling a thick puddle of what I...

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The chaotic reality of opening a trump baby account for your toddler

It was midnight on a tuesday when my husband forwarded me an email from our cpa that made my left eye twitch. I was sitting on the nursery floor in my old nursing scrubs, trying to wipe pureed sweet potato...

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What is a sugar baby: How one google search ruined my afternoon

I was sitting on my faded living room rug, picking dried oatmeal out of my hair, while my toddler chewed thoughtfully on a rogue cheerio he found beneath the radiator. It was a bleak Tuesday afternoon in Chicago. I had...

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