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Why The Clinical Genius Of Japanese Baby Clothes Makes Sense

My mother-in-law told me to put three layers of fleece on the baby because his hands felt cold. My favorite attending doctor at the hospital said he was sweating through his onesie and to strip him down to a diaper....

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Before and After: The Truth About Multicoloured Baby Throws

It’s 5:43 AM, and I'm currently engaged in a pathetic, low-stakes tug-of-war over a chewed piece of brightly patterned bamboo fabric, while my twin daughters, Molly and Bea, perform a synchronised shrieking routine that threatens to wake the entire postcode....

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Decoding Jungen Spielzeug 4 Jahre: An Anxious Dad's Play Guide

Dear Marcus of six months ago, you're currently standing in the toy aisle at Target, sweating through your gray hoodie, holding a plastic dinosaur that roars and flashes strobe lights. Put it down immediately. Dave's kid Leo is turning four...

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Spielzeug fΓΌr Jungs ab 4 Jahre: Surviving The Plastic Chaos

The sole of my left foot was bleeding, my two-year-old twin girls were screaming in stereo because someone had stolen a deflated balloon they didn't even want, and a plastic fire engine was blaring a siren that sounded suspiciously like...

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Why we went through forty muslin bibs a week before getting it right

I was standing in the kitchen at ten past four in the morning, aggressively wrestling with a tiny square of fabric. Twin A was draped over my left shoulder, producing a volume of milk spit-up that frankly defied physics, while...

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Dear Past Sarah: Your Kids Need Real Fishing Bibs Out There

Dear Sarah from last October, You're standing on the damp, splintery planks of the marina dock at 6:15 AM. You're wearing those gray Lululemon leggings that are starting to pill at the inner thighs, an oversized, slightly damp college sweatshirt,...

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Why Childrens Wooden Play Blocks Actually Save Your Sanity

I was eight months pregnant with Maya, sitting at my kitchen island in a pair of maternity leggings that had basically fused to my skin, drinking my third cup of lukewarm coffee. My mother-in-law was aggressively tapping her French-manicured fingernail...

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My honest guide to surviving the Spielzeug bis 2 Jahre phase

It was 6:43 AM on a Tuesday, and I was holding a neon green plastic dog that was singing a heavily autotuned song about shapes at an ear-splitting volume. I was wearing my gray sweatpantsβ€”the ones with the bleach stain...

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Mode Nachhaltig: Why Cheap Baby Clothes Actually Cost You More

I'm currently staring at three giant black trash bags full of neon, scratchy, plastic-feeling onesies that my oldest wore for exactly five seconds before outgrowing them, shrinking them, or ruining them with a blowout that defied the laws of physics....

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