By Shelby Cain
Contributor
They grow up so fast. I think it’s one of the first things you hear about kids.
Someone pulls you aside on the street to enlighten you with this information the first time you venture out with your baby. You chuckle politely and pull your stretched out coat a little more snuggly around your stretched out body, and adjust your baby carrier that’s fastened so tightly around your torso it feels like a straight jacket.
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