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Dad trying to put stretchy hosen kinder on an actively rolling 11-month-old baby.

Hosen Kinder: Why Stiff Baby Trousers Are a Hardware Failure

There I was at month four, holding what looked like a perfectly scaled-down replica of my own selvedge denim jeans, staring at my son while he executed a perfect, continuous death roll on the changing table. I had exactly three...

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A messy crib with a safe baby sleeping bag and a fitted sheet

What I Wish I Knew About Buying Baby Bedding Sets

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. It's an unseasonably warm Tuesday in October, and you're standing in the middle of a department store aisle with your pregnant younger sister. You're wearing those black leggings with the mysterious bleach stain...

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A tired dad holding a giant pile of useless baby accessories

The Great Accessoire Bebe Swindle (And What We Actually Kept)

It's 3:14 am, and I'm standing in our dimly lit kitchen trying to operate a Bluetooth-enabled baby formula dispenser while Twin A screams with the righteous fury of a wronged Victorian ghost, and Twin B enthusiastically chews on a piece...

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Tired dad trying to fold a bamboo swaddle blanket over a newborn baby

How a simple swaddle blanket saved my sanity with newborn twins

It's 3:14 in the morning on a Tuesday, and I'm standing in our minuscule London kitchen holding a square piece of fabric, desperately trying to remember the origami sequence the NHS midwife showed me a week ago while one of...

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Two toddlers covered in pasta sauce wearing full-body smock bibs

The ganzkΓΆrper lΓ€tzchen saved my twins from tomato sauce ruin

There's a persistent, incredibly damaging rumour floating around antenatal classes that starting your baby on solid food is a gentle, aesthetic journey. You're led to believe you'll hand your darling infant a perfectly steamed baton of sweet potato, which they'll...

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Exhausted dad staring at a toddler tangled in a massive white duvet

Welche Bettdecke FΓΌr Kinder: A Dad's Toddler Duvet Dilemma

3:17 AM. My left foot is currently wedged between the wooden bars of a toddler bed, and I'm trying to extract my daughter Florence from what can only be described as a textile hostage situation. She is entirely encased in...

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Sarah sitting on the floor with coffee and a half-chewed organic bunny baby blanket

Dear Sarah: The Truth About That Bunny With Blanket Obsession

You're sitting on the cold kitchen floor right now, aren't you. It's 11:42 PM on a Tuesday, you're wearing Mark's oversized college track hoodie that smells vaguely of stale salsa from last week's taco night, and you've just reheated your...

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Baby girl wearing a long sleeve organic cotton bubble romper over ribbed tights

Dear Tom: The truth about the long sleeve bubble romper

Dear Tom of six months ago, You're currently sweating through your t-shirt in the narrow hallway of our flat, desperately trying to wedge Twin A’s voluminous, balloon-shaped bottom half into a pair of slim-fit corduroy trousers. She is screaming. You're...

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Toddler covered in tomato sauce wearing a wipeable sleeved bib

The Myth Of Aesthetic Feeding And Why You Need LΓ€tzchen Γ„rmel

It’s 6:15 PM on a Tuesday in 2018, and I'm standing in the middle of my kitchen wearing what was once a highly respectable gray sweatshirt but is now basically a Jackson Pollock canvas of avocado smears and despair, just...

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