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A pile of baby clothes on a changing table in the middle of the night

Why most kids' clothes are actually a trap disguised as cute

It was 2:13 a.m. in the middle of a brutal Chicago February. The thermostat claimed it was sixty-eight degrees, but the nursery felt like a meat locker. I was holding my screaming son at arm's length because he was covered...

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A frustrated dad inspecting the hardware on a knitted baby romper

Decoding the Knitted Romper: A Dad's Guide to Baby Hardware

My mother-in-law cornered me in the kitchen last Tuesday to declare that any kind of woven wool would immediately give the baby a full-body rash. Ten minutes later, my neighbor—a guy who brews his own kombucha in a garage—leaned over...

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A folded organic green baby tee resting on a nursery chair next to a silicone teething toy

The real deal about that green baby tee and toxic wellness fads

I was three hours into a night shift in the pediatric ER when a very tired, very trendy mom rushed in with an eight-month-old who was vibrating like a cheap pager. His resting heart rate was through the roof. After...

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Twin toddler girls wearing modern vintage-inspired clothing on a London street

The reality of vintage infant dresses: A dad's survival guide

I'm currently sweating profusely in the back of a moderately priced Italian restaurant in zone three, trying to force a writhing twenty-four-month-old's chubby arm through a rigid sleeve made of 1950s stiffened lace. My daughter, sensing my rising panic, arches...

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Twin babies fighting over a wooden play gym on a messy living room rug

Expectation vs Reality: Montessori Toys for Nine Month Old Twins

There I was, at 6:42 am on a Tuesday, trying to fish a soggy, half-dissolved piece of Amazon packaging out of Maya's mouth while her sister, Chloe, methodically used a £45 plastic, battery-powered farm animal as a blunt instrument to...

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Mom sorting through a pile of used baby clothes at a consignment shop

The Brutal Truth About the Kinderkleiderbörse Bern Scene

The absolute biggest, most ridiculous lie Instagram tries to sell us is that to be a "good" mother, your baby needs a closet overflowing with pristine, tags-still-on aesthetic outfits in fifty shades of sad beige. I used to believe that...

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A dad holding a pair of kitchen tongs to inspect a vintage baby shirt

Why I Finally Put My Kid in Vintage Shirts (And Didn't Panic)

I was standing in the middle of our living room holding a 1993 Soundgarden tour tee with a pair of silicone kitchen tongs. My wife, Sarah, was watching me from the hallway with the exact same expression she uses when...

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Exhausted mother staring at her phone next to a giant box of diapers

Dear Past Jess: The Truth About Chasing That Pampers Rebate

Dear Jess from exactly six months ago, I know exactly what you're doing right now. You're sitting cross-legged on the rug in the living room, surrounded by three massive, empty cardboard boxes from HEB. Your toddler is currently using a...

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An exhausted dad trying to fold a massive baby blanket over a pram

Wie groß ist eine babydecke? My British Dad Blanket Survival

The rain in the Tesco car park was coming down in that aggressively horizontal British way, and I was losing a wrestling match with a piece of fabric. Twin A (the escape artist) was arching her back in the pram,...

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