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A huge pile of folded organic cotton baby clothes scored during a massive online clearance.

Dear Past Jess: How to Actually Win a Bio Babykleidung Sale

Dear Jess from six months ago. You’re currently sitting on the floor of the nursery, staring at a mountain of stained, weirdly stiff fast-fashion onesies, crying because the new baby is coming in three weeks and our bank account is...

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The 3 AM Panic That Turned Me Into A Baby Sleep Bag Evangelist

It’s 3:14 AM and I'm standing perfectly still in the hallway outside my daughter's nursery, wearing a pair of my husband’s boxer briefs and a maternity tank top that smells aggressively like sour milk. I’m holding my phone inches from...

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Baby Leo wearing a brown wool strickhose pant while sleeping on a rug

Why the Strickhose Baby Trend Actually Saved My Newborn's Sleep

I was standing in our drafty hallway at 3:14 AM wearing nothing but a nursing bra and a pair of my husband Dan’s sweatpants that had a mysterious yogurt stain on the knee, holding a screaming three-week-old Leo who felt,...

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Maya chewing furiously on a green textured silicone teething ring

Beissringe Silikon: The Ugly Truth About Teething Advice

Let's rewind to Maya at four months old. I was wearing a gray nursing tank that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation, and it had this weird yellow yogurt stain on the left strap that I had completely given...

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Baby sleeping safely without loose blankets in a modern nursery

A Penguin With Blanket: Safe Sleep And Sanity For Exhausted Moms

I'm standing in the freezing nursery of our drafty Texas farmhouse at three in the morning, holding my oldest son, Jackson, who's screaming like an absolute banshee. I'm staring in sheer panic at this massive, incredibly thick fleece blanket I'd...

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Tired mother holding a silicone teether and looking stressed

Why That Freezer Teether Ring Is Actually Making Your Baby Cry

It was three in the morning in the middle of a Chicago February. The kind of bitter cold that seeps right through the windowpanes and makes the old apartment radiator hiss like an angry cat. My toddler was cutting his...

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Marcus holding a baby who is aggressively chewing on a silicone nursing necklace

Why My Wife Wears a Nursing Necklace (And I Got Yelled At)

There was exactly one drop of blood on Sarah’s collarbone. It was Tuesday at 3:14 AM, the nursery temperature was holding steady at an best 69.2 degrees, and our then-five-month-old had decided that nursing was no longer a standard food-acquisition...

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A tired mom holding a tiny organic baby sock while drinking coffee.

The Real Deal With Infant Cotton Socks (And Why I Panicked at 3 AM)

Picture this. It’s mid-July, seven years ago. I'm sitting in a sweltering hospital room wearing a stained gray nursing tank, sweating profusely, holding my two-day-old daughter, Maya. In walks my mother-in-law, who takes one look at Maya’s tiny, slightly purple...

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A crawling baby wearing ribbed organic cotton bottoms on a living room rug.

What I Got Entirely Wrong About Dressing A Human In Baby Pants

There I was at three in the morning, holding a tiny pair of denim jeans with a functional metal zipper, trying to thread the flailing legs of a screaming three-week-old into them. It was my first month of motherhood. I...

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