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A confused dad holding a newborn baby bundled in multiple winter layers

Surviving Newborn Winter Clothes Without Freezing Your Baby

The wind was whipping off the Willamette River, cutting straight through my flannel shirt, and I was standing in the hospital parking lot sweating profusely. Sarah was sitting in the discharge wheelchair, vibrating with postpartum exhaustion, while I tried to...

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A pile of stained and clean baby bodysuits sitting next to a laundry basket on a messy bedroom floor

The Honest Truth About Newborn Short Sleeve Onesies And Blowouts

My oldest son, Hunterβ€”bless his heart, he was my practice childβ€”was exactly four days old when he projectile vomited partially digested breastmilk directly into the hood of a tiny, forty-five-dollar bear-eared sweater my great-aunt bought him. I remember standing in...

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A bewildered dad holding a baby dressed in multiple mismatched autumn layers

The Engineering of Baby Fall Clothes: A Portland Dad's Guide

7:14 AM. The air in our Portland backyard smells like wet pine needles and coffee. It's exactly 48 degrees outside, but the weather app promises it'll hit a balmy 71 by three o'clock. I'm standing on the porch staring at...

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Mother dressing her newborn baby in a side-snap wrap shirt

The ugly truth about onesies vs kimonos for newborns

The aesthetic Instagram moms want you to believe that newborns wear matching ribbed knit sets with perfectly aligned wooden buttons. They post these serene hospital photos where the baby is tucked into a tiny, flawless sweater. You buy into it...

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Baby wearing an organic cotton infant romper playing on a playmat

The Great Infant Romper Lie And What Actually Keeps Babies Cool

I was standing in the emergency room triage bay during a brutal Chicago heatwave when I realized most parents have no idea how to dress a child. The smell of antiseptic was giving me a headache. A frantic mother carried...

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Frustrated mom holding a tiny kicked-off baby sock next to a cold coffee cup

The Great Winter Layering Myth and Why Baby Tights Fix Everything

Here's the biggest lie the baby industrial complex ever sold us: that infants need pants. And separate socks. I'm staring into the middle distance right now just remembering the sheer delusion I operated under with my first kid, Leo. It...

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A tired mom holding an iced coffee and wearing a stretchy organic cotton baby tee while chasing a toddler

How I Finally Hacked The Baby Tee Womens Trend After Two Kids

I was sitting in the driver's seat of my Honda Odyssey in a Target parking lot on a random Tuesday in March, violently regretting every life choice that had led me to this exact moment. I was wearing a neon...

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Exhausted dad staring at a tiny organic cotton sleepsuit and cold coffee.

The Unvarnished Truth About Buying Clothes For Your Tiny Human

My mother stood in our hallway on a mild Tuesday in October, clutching an aggressively knitted yellow cardigan and informing me that my newborn twins were minutes away from clinical hypothermia. Twenty minutes later, the NHS health visitor arrived, took...

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A baby wearing a soft organic cotton bodysuit instead of stiff designer infant clothes

The Truth About Designer Infant Clothes and Scratchy Tulle

I was sweating straight through my postpartum mesh underwear in the back seat of a Ford F-150 somewhere on Highway 290, frantically trying to unfasten fourteen microscopic pearl buttons while my three-day-old newborn screamed like a banshee. It's funny how...

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