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Frustrated mom adjusting baby in car seat wearing a thin wool overall

The Freezing Car Seat Meltdown And The Winter Gear Fix

Listen. It was negative four degrees in Chicago, the kind of cold that physically hurts your face, and I was losing a wrestling match with an infant in a Honda CRV. My son was three months old. I had dressed...

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Sarah holding an iced coffee while checking her toddler's arm for a baby wasp sting

Before & After a Baby Wasp Sting: What I Wish I Had Known Earlier

It was 2:14 PM on a Tuesday, and I was wearing those terrible gray biker shorts that ride up too high, holding a lukewarm iced coffee that I hadn’t actually taken a sip of in three hours. Leo was eight...

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Dad holding twin newborn baby girls wearing simple organic cotton bodysuits

The Brutal Truth About Buying Newborn Baby Girl Clothes Today

Before the twins were born, my mother insisted they needed tiny, stiff Victorian dresses with matching lace knickers, presumably just in case the Queen resurrected herself and invited our offspring to a formal garden party. My mate Dave, three pints...

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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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Priya holding a stained baby one piece outfit next to a washing machine

The brutal code brown math of the baby 5 one piece outfit rotation

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in mid-January. The smell hits me before the crying even starts. I'm standing over the crib in the dark, and my three-month-old has somehow managed to paint himself, the sheets, and the wall behind...

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A tired mom holding a baby who has completely outgrown their footed pajamas

Why Your Newborn's Length Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

"Well, look at those long legs, he's got size fourteen feet in his future for sure!" my great-aunt Linda practically hollered across the patio, hoisting my three-week-old oldest son like a prize-winning bass at the family barbecue. Everyone nodded sagely....

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Mom holding a baby wearing noise-canceling earmuffs at a crowded stadium.

Surviving a Taylor Swift Stadium Concert With a Baby in Tow

Dear Jess from six months ago, You're currently sitting on the cold linoleum floor of the laundry room at 2 AM, hiding from your snoring husband, staring at three wildly expensive stadium tickets on your phone. You're hyperventilating because your...

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Toddler throwing a tantrum over wearing pants next to a pile of outgrown clothes.

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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Exhausted dad holding two babies while staring confused at a massive pink tulle tutu

Surviving the Frilly Nightmare of Cute Baby Girl Clothes

I'm currently standing in the disabled toilet of a Costa Coffee in Wandsworth, staring in abject horror at my daughter’s back. She is wearing a gift from a well-meaning great-aunt—a vintage-style, sage green dress featuring no fewer than fourteen microscopic...

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