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A chunky sage green knitted newborn outfit for a baby boy on a bed next to a cold cup of coffee.

The Truth About the Knitted Newborn Outfit Boy Parents Buy

When I was pregnant with my first son, Leo, my mother-in-law handed me this massive, heirloom cable-knit cardigan and said, "He must wear this home from the hospital, babies lose all their heat." The very next day, my best friend...

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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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How I Debugged My Baby's Wardrobe And Switched To Bundles

It's 3:14 AM. I'm holding a pair of miniature corduroy pants that possess zero stretch, trying to thread an actively thrashing 11-month-old's leg into a fabric tube the diameter of a hot dog. He is screaming. I'm sweating. My wife,...

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The Absolute Truth About Toddler Boy Sweaters

"Put him in raw wool, it builds character and keeps the chest warm," my mother-in-law announced over Thanksgiving turkey while Leo, my four-year-old, was actively trying to staple a piece of ham to the dining room table. Meanwhile, my best...

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Why I Ditched Footies for a Newborn Long Sleeve Romper

It was three in the morning in our drafty Chicago apartment, and I was holding a screaming, poop-covered infant while trying to align what felt like eighty-four tiny metal snaps on a rigid fleece footie. My fingers were trembling, my...

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The Catastrophic Christening That Sold Me On Spanish Baby Clothes

The great christening disaster of last October began not with a dropped cake or a forgotten prayer book, but with a synthetic ruffle. We were sitting in the slightly damp function room of a local gastropub, attempting to celebrate my...

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Wholesale Vintage T Shirts: The Toxic Secret You Need To Know

The biggest myth in modern parenting is that you're somehow failing the planet if you aren't dressing your toddler in authentic, perfectly faded 1980s band tees you scored from a thrift bin. I believed this myth so deeply that two...

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Dear Past Me: The Absolute Messy Truth About Rock Babykleidung

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the Target parking lot with the AC blasting because it’s ungodly hot, ignoring your steering wheel which is completely sticky because your iced oat milk latte just aggressively leaked...

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Dear Past Jess: The Truth About That Perfect BabyglΓΌck Shirt

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently standing over the changing table in the guest room, sweating straight through your only clean nursing bra while desperately trying to peel a rigid, zero-stretch denim-look button-down over Leo’s abnormally large head....

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