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Tired dad looking confused at a premium baby clothing display

Why I Finally Understand the Upscale Baby Department Hype

I'm standing in the middle of a brightly lit American department store, holding a miniature cashmere cardigan that costs more than my first car, trying to calculate exactly how long it'll take a six-month-old to cover it in pureed carrots....

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The Brutal Truth About Little Me Baby Clothes and Newborn Wardrobes

I'm currently sitting on my bedroom floor, staring at a miniature tweed blazer on a tiny wooden hanger. My mother-in-law sent it for the baby, and bless her heart, she means well. But my six-month-old currently spends his waking hours...

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Kat Timpf baby born news shows how unpredictable birth and postpartum can be

Kat Timpf's Birth Story Proves We Can't Control Everything

I was sitting on the floor of our Portland apartment, watching my 11-month-old systematically try to dismantle the baseboards with his two bottom teeth, when I decided to permanently delete the color-coded Notion database I had built for his birth....

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A pile of folded neutral baby apparel with a wooden teether on top

The Honest Truth About Buying H&M For Your Baby's Wardrobe

I’m currently staring at a mountain of beige ribbed leggings that have somehow survived three kids, while desperately trying to stretch the neck hole of a brand new so-called sustainable bodysuit that my youngest just got his giant head stuck...

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Surviving the Absurdity of the High Street Baby Clothes Shop

The front door of β€˜Little Spindles’—an aggressively minimalist boutique in Islington that smells overwhelmingly of lavender and parental insecurityβ€”was exactly three inches narrower than my Out 'n' About double buggy. I know this because I spent an excruciating four minutes...

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Why My 2 AM Fleece Disaster Sparked a Bamboo Clothing Obsession

It was 3:14 AM. I know this because the glowing red numbers of our cheap digital clock were literally burning into my retinas while I paced the hallway holding a thrashing, screaming six-month-old Leo. I was wearing Dave's old college...

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The Real Truth About Buying A Graphic Baby Tee Without The Rash

My mom took one look at the retro Snoopy shirt I bought for my third baby and flat-out told me the plastic ink would give him a rash so I should throw it in the trash immediately. My mother-in-law, bless...

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Surviving Baby Clothing Stores Without Losing Your Damn Mind

It was 7:45 PM on a random Tuesday in 2016, and I was standing in aisle four of one of those massive, fluorescent-lit baby clothing stores, eight months pregnant with Maya, sweating through a mustard-stained maternity tank top. My husband,...

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A highly caffeinated mom frantically googling newborn weights on her phone

The Heaviest Baby Ever Born: Ultrasound Lies And My Giant Kid

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant with Leo, sitting on crinkly white paper in a freezing cold exam room, wearing a pair of gray maternity leggings that I had definitely spilled iced coffee on earlier that morning. My ultrasound tech, a...

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