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There are 5 million lists out there with suggestions of what you do and do not need for a new baby.  The most important thing to look at when checking out these lists is who is writing it. With so many voices out there, it's tough to know whose advice to take.  I'm definitely not saying that my advice is the best out there but I will say that if you are here, chances are good that we at least have similar aesthetic preferences and that we probably have pretty similar ideas on parenting and child care.  That said, if...

Postpartum depression has been on my mind a whole lot lately.  First there was the news a few months ago that the first fast acting treatment had been approved by the FDA (if you have $36,000 to pay for it and can take three days off life to hang out in the hospital.  Thanks science, that's super helpful).  Then early this spring I found out that after an almost five year gap, I am pregnant with kid #2.  When Emma was born, I did not recognize that what I was experiencing was postpartum depression.  I felt like I had ruined...

You know that phone call that starts with "I need to tell you something but DON'T  PANIC!" and then the person on the other end tells you something that freaks you out for a second but then they explain why it's actually okay?  This email is going to follow that format. Okay, don't panic. We are closing the Short North Cub Shrub. DON'T PANIC! Cub Shrub as a brand and as a store and as a community of people who care deeply for the little ones in their lives is not going anywhere. We feel operating two stores within such...