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Pediatric nurse organizing a sustainable wooden baby dresser with changing table topper

Dear Past Priya: What I Wish I Knew About Buying A Baby Dresser

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of the guest room, staring at a particleboard plank and crying over a Swedish instruction manual. You have a screwdriver in one hand and half a jar...

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Vintage porcelain doll sitting next to modern sustainable wooden baby toys on a messy living room rug

Wait, Is Whatever Happened to Baby Jane a New Organic Brand?

It was 11:43 PM on a Thursday. I was wearing Dave’s raggedy college sweatpants with a deeply questionable yogurt stain on the left knee, balancing a lukewarm cup of decaf coffee on my chestβ€”why do I even bother with decaf,...

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Toddler boy playing with green rubber blocks on a messy living room rug

Why a Baby Alligator is My Toddler's Weirdest Obsession

It's Tuesday at 2 PM, and I'm standing in this aggressively air-conditioned reptile sanctuary off the highway in Florida, sweating through a vintage band tee that used to be my favorite before it got permanently stained with oat milk. I'm...

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A tired mom holding a baby dressed in a soft organic cotton ribbed bodysuit.

The Reality of Dressing a Baby Without Losing Your Mind

Within forty-eight hours of bringing Leo home from the hospital, I received three completely contradictory pieces of advice about how to dress him. My mother-in-law hovered over his bassinet, clutching her coffee mug, aggressively whispering that he needed a fleece...

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A dad carrying twins using military green tactical baby gear

Why surviving twin toddlers requires literal tactical baby gear

There's a rather pervasive myth floating around the parenting forums right now. They'll enthusiastically tell you that fathers only buy militarised rucksacks because they're tragically insecure about their own masculinity. People assume we're terrified of holding a floral tote bag,...

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A folded stack of neutral organic baby clothes next to a wooden teething ring

The Truth About Zara Baby: Sizing, Shrinking, And Alternatives

When I was pregnant with my first, everybody and their mother had an opinion on how to dress a baby. My own mom, bless her heart, dragged me to the department store and loaded my cart with neon orange monkey...

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Sarah holding a cold cup of coffee looking stressed at a laptop screen

The Baby Registry Amazon Myth That Totally Ruined My Saturday

I was wearing Dave's oversized college sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the bleach stain on the left knee that he absolutely refuses to throw awayβ€”sitting on our living room rug with my third cup of lukewarm, frankly terrible coffee, just sobbing at...

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Portland dad holding an eleven-month-old baby otter in a community swimming pool wrapped in a towel.

Debugging Infant Water Safety and the Sea Otter Parenting Method

I'm currently losing a wrestling match with a wet, angry noodle on a bench that smells aggressively of bleach. My eleven-month-old son has somehow managed to triple his body weight purely through the physics of being slippery, and the acoustic...

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The truth about surviving the baby groot merchandise invasion

I was elbow-deep under the sofa cushions on a Tuesday morning, executing a routine sweep for rogue Cheerios and whatever sticky substance had claimed the TV remote, when my fingers brushed against something hard, plastic, and distinctly anatomical. I pulled...

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