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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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A tired father holding two identical personalized baby bibs in a messy kitchen.

Surviving Weaning and the Tactical Genius of a LΓ€tzchen mit Namen

I'm currently staring at a smear of pureed pumpkin that has somehow defied gravity to reach the ceiling rose of our Victorian terrace. It's seven in the morning on a Tuesday, and one of the twinsβ€”I'm fairly certain it's Florence,...

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Priya sitting on a rug surrounded by wooden blocks and organic cotton baby gifts.

Why buying nachhaltige kindergeschenke almost broke my spirit

I was sitting on the floor of my Chicago apartment at eleven at night, staring at a singing plastic dog that smelled vaguely of gasoline. It was the aftermath of my son's first birthday party. The living room looked like...

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A neutral infant play mat on a living room floor covered in scattered baby toys and an abandoned coffee cup.

Why Most Infant Play Mats Are A Trap (And What Actually Works)

I was on my hands and knees in the middle of my living room, frantically trying to scrub curdled breastmilk out of a felt lion’s mane with a single dry baby wipe, while my three-month-old screamed like I was actively...

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Two toddlers staring resentfully at a dropped blanket in a muddy puddle.

Surviving Brutal Winter Walks With a Fusssack fΓΌr Kinderwagen

It was a violently miserable Tuesday in November when the double buggy jammed in the middle of Regent’s Park. The wind was doing that specifically British thing where it somehow cuts diagonally upward through your coat, and I was desperately...

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A frustrated mother trying to pull a knit sweater over an infant's head

The brutal truth about buying your baby's winter sweater

It was mid-November in Chicago, which means the wind off the lake feels like tiny knives. I was running late for a four-month well-child check. My mother-in-law had gifted us this thick, chunky-knit mustard pullover that looked adorable on the...

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A dad looking exhausted holding a tiny organic cotton cardigan

The Baby Sweater Survival Guide: How Not to Overcook Your Child

"Put a hat on her, she’s losing heat!" shouted an elderly woman at the bus stop, gesturing wildly at Maya (who was currently sweating through her vest and trying to eat a discarded bus ticket). Ten minutes later, a bloke...

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Tired dad holding twin babies in different winter base layers

The Massive Infant Merino Lie That Cost Me Months of Sleep

It's precisely 3:14 am, and I'm standing in a dimly lit nursery holding what feels like a highly agitated, damp jacket potato. Maya, the twin who's currently screaming directly into my left ear canal, is wearing a polyester fleece sleep...

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