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Fox Blankets: Debugging Infant Sleep Safety and Stroller Heat

My mother-in-law explicitly instructed me to drape the little orange woodland throw over the stroller so the baby wouldn't get a sunburn. A guy in my local Portland dad's Discord server told me doing exactly that would basically create a...

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Dear Marcus: Stop Buying Loud Plastic Toys and Read This

Dear Marcus of exactly six months ago, It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. You're standing in the dark hallway of your Portland bungalow, clutching a lukewarm bottle of formula, staring at a flashing plastic boombox toy that's aggressively singing "I'M...

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Haakaa Teething Hacks: A Survival Guide to the Drool Apocalypse

Dear Sarah from exactly six months ago. You're currently standing in your sister's kitchen at 2 PM on a Tuesday, wearing those gray sweatpants with the mysterious yogurt stain on the knee, holding your screaming six-month-old nephew. You confidently volunteered...

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Toddler Sweaters Boy Edition: What Actually Works for Winter

My mother-in-law told me to put three layers of thick wool on him or his lungs would freeze the second we stepped onto the Chicago pavement. The moms in my playgroup swore by fifty-dollar beige cashmere rollnecks that require dry...

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The Newborn Knitted Cardigan That Saved My Sanity With Twins

There's a very specific, cold sweat terror that grips you at 3:14 AM when you're attempting to force a rigid, non-stretchy cotton pullover over the fragile, violently wobbling head of a screaming two-week-old. I remember this moment vividly with Alice,...

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Why Infant Harem Pants Are Actually a Parenting Survival Tool

My mom told me babies need sturdy denim to learn to crawl, bless her heart. My mother-in-law insisted on those traditional smocked bubbles that require an engineering degree to snap together on a moving target. And my best friend from...

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The Great Winter Baby Bundling Myth (And What Actually Works)

I was standing in my icy driveway in early November wearing leggings with a very questionable hole in the inner thigh and a stained college hoodie, holding my third lukewarm mug of Keurig sludge, just staring at my mother-in-law. She...

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The Brutal Truth About Why Your Baby Needs A Silicone Hand Teether

The absolute biggest lie older generations will tell you is that a baby chewing on their fists means they're starving. I remember sitting in the back of my Honda CRV in a Target parking lot when my son Leo was...

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What I Learned After Buying a Blanket With Rainbows for My Twins

We were standing by the dismal puddle that passes for a duck pond in our local park when a woman I had never met touched my arm and gave me a look of deep, teary-eyed solidarity. She was staring intently...

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