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Frustrated mom holding a pile of mismatched baby christmas pjs in her living room.

Why Buying Baby Christmas PJs Nearly Broke My Spirit This Year

I was sitting waist-deep in a pile of aggressively red, synthetic fleece at 11 PM on a Tuesday, completely drenched in sweat. My oldest, Wyatt, was screaming in the background, my husband was staring at me like I'd completely lost...

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Decoding the Organic Baby Boy Jumpsuit: A Tired Dad's Field Notes

Dear Marcus from six months ago. Right now, you're standing over the changing table at 3:14 AM. You're sweating in the drafty Portland winter air. Leo is screaming with the exact pitch and intensity of a dial-up modem trying to...

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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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Baby wearing a retro ringer tee playing with wooden toys on a coffee stained rug

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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The Truth About Why I Finally Caved and Bought a Mitt Teether

It was three in the morning, the floorboards in our old Texas farmhouse were freezing, and I had just stepped directly onto a plastic giraffe that was completely slick with baby spit. My oldest son, Carter, was four months old...

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The Truth About Crib Bedding Sets and Bumpers For Your Baby Boy

I was standing in the middle of the nursery, holding what looked like a tiny, quilted life jacket covered in cartoon bears. My aunt had generously shipped us a massive nine-piece bedding set for our baby boy, and I was...

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A toddler in a faded black vintage band tee spilling coffee on a silicone space bib

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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A messy toddler eating off a divided bamboo plate with a silicone suction base.

Dear Priya: The ugly truth about those bamboo childrens plates

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently scraping dried avocado out of the grooves of our dining room floor with a butter knife. Your son is screaming because his water is too wet. You're exhausted. I know you think...

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Baby Maya wearing a ribbed onesie romper while crawling on a rug

The ultimate onesie romper debate and why baby clothes confuse me

I was exactly 34 weeks pregnant with Maya, standing in the baby aisle of Target wearing maternity leggings that smelled vaguely of stale coffee, holding a tiny mint green garment and legitimately crying. My phone was aggressively vibrating in my...

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