Don’t sit on the toddler bed!

Overall, our switch to the toddler bed was a great success … until I broke the bed just three days after we started using it.

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So long, cribby …

Yesterday, Beatrice woke up from her nap like this:

Have you ever seen anything more pitiful? Continue reading!

Nursery: the tour

What follows is basically an all-you-can-eat photo buffet of my absolute favorite, most magical room in our home.

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How to remove a crib sticker without chemicals

Step 1: Wait until your baby learns to stand and has a few sharp teeth.

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Step 2: Release your baby into the crib. Continue reading!

A nap story

Do you ever obsess and obsess and obsess about something (like, I don’t know, diaper rash), and then, one day, it’s all resolved and not even an issue anymore?

Here’s the fascinating (or endless) story of Beatrice’s naps.

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For the first two weeks of her life, Beatrice was on the perfect textbook newborn sleep schedule: sleep for two hours, eat, get a fresh diaper. I could tell the time by where she was in her routine.

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Erik and I smugly congratulated each other about a million times. Taking care of a baby was so easy, and we were obviously excelling at it! Continue reading!