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What Nobody Tells You About Buying Clothes for Your Newborn

I was exactly thirty-eight weeks pregnant with my first kid, sitting on the floor of his perfectly painted sage green nursery, just absolutely sobbing over a tiny tweed vest. I had spent the last six months accumulating what can only...

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The Huge Car Seat Lie That Cost Me Weeks of Sleep (And Money)

I was standing in the middle of a big box baby storeβ€”seven months pregnant with Leo, wearing maternity leggings that definitely had a crusty yogurt stain on the knee from God knows whereβ€”just absolutely sobbing. My husband Dave was holding...

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The Truth About Suntan Lotion for Newborns (And Summer Survival)

It was 28 degrees in London, which means the pavements were melting, the Central Line had become a mobile sauna, and everyone was suddenly terribly aggressive about acquiring ice lollies. I was standing in the sun care aisle of Boots,...

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Sunblock Newborn Panic: What I Wish I Knew About Summer

Dear Past Me from exactly six months ago. Okay, I know. Time is a flat circle. Leo is four now, and Maya is seven, and we're blissfully out of the fragile newborn woods. But six months ago, when my best...

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The Truth About Dressing Your Daughter (Without Losing Your Mind)

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant, sitting on the floor of our Chicago apartment, staring at a miniature denim jacket. It was roughly the size of a large grapefruit and as stiff as a piece of cardboard. Someone had given it...

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The Truth About Why Your Baby Ignores Their Expensive Playthings

It was December 2017, and my oldest, Leo, was exactly six months old. I remember this vividly because I was wearing black maternity leggings that smelled vaguely of spit-up and a nursing bra I hadn't washed inβ€”you know what, let's...

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A Letter To Past Me About The Great Baby Soap Delusion Of 2023

Dear Tom of six months ago. I see you standing in the baby aisle at Boots at 4:30 PM on a dreary Tuesday. You're holding a bottle of lavender-scented, midnight-calming, ultra-foaming wash in your left hand, and a Β£24 artisanal...

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Debugging Newborn BabytΓΈj: A First-Time Dad's Guide to V1.0 Hardware

It’s 3:14 AM on our second night home from the hospital, and I’m staring at a tiny, floppy human trying to figure out how to get a rigid cotton shirt over his head. His neck has zero structural integrity. It’s...

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The brutal truth about buying baby clothes for boys

I was sweating through my nursing tank trying to force my four-month-old's rigid, chubby little legs into a pair of miniature selvedge denim jeans. My mother-in-law was arriving in ten minutes for a family dinner. He looked like a tiny...

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