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Mom sorting through folded organic cotton baby clothes in a laundry basket

The Real Story Behind Buying Safe Baby Clothes Without Going Broke

It was three in the morning back in 2019, and I was sitting on the cracked linoleum of our laundry room floor with a pair of orange craft scissors, literally cutting a polyester sleep-and-play off my screaming firstborn. Leo was...

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The Honest Parent's Guide to Surviving Carhartt Baby Clothes

It's a freezing Tuesday in November 2018, and I'm standing in the middle of a disgustingly hip baby boutique in Portland, Oregon, wearing yoga pants that haven't seen an actual yoga studio since Obama was in office. I'm clutching a...

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Dad holding an 11-month-old baby wearing tiny flexible sneakers at a park

A clueless dad's guide to buying Nike baby shoes and apparel

We're at Washington Park in Portland, and the temperature is exactly 62.4 degrees. The sky has that flat, gray, overcast quality that makes for decent smartphone photos, which is great, because I've dressed my 11-month-old son like a backup dancer...

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The Honest Truth About Nike Baby Clothes and Sizing

When I was pregnant with my first, I got sat down at my own baby shower and given three entirely different lectures on how to dress a newborn. My mom, bless her heart, insisted babies only need those white cotton...

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Exhausted dad holding baby in a dark room at 3 AM looking at his phone.

She Told My Baby We Danced Till Three: The 3 AM Sleep Guide

The most dangerous lie they tell you before you leave the hospital isn't about feeding schedules or umbilical cord careβ€”it's the terrifying assumption that when a baby gets tired, they'll simply close their eyes and power down. Total fiction. When...

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NICU Wardrobe Hacks: Dressing Your Preemie Without Breaking Things

I was standing next to an isolette that cost more than my first car, holding a microscopic, bright red fleece snowsuit my aunt had mailed us. The incubator was humming. The Philips monitors were doing that rhythmic, low-stakes beeping that...

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A toddler reaching for a tiny green amphibian in a muddy backyard puddle

The Day We Brought A Swamp Creature Into My Kitchen

It was exactly 7:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in my kitchen wearing my husband’s ten-year-old college sweatshirt with a mysterious bleach stain on the sleeve. I hadn't even taken my first sip of lukewarm oat milk...

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Why That Baby Farm Netflix Series Messed Up My Sleep Schedule

Dear Priya from six months ago. You're currently sitting on the edge of the faux-leather glider at two in the morning. Your little beta is finally asleep against your chest, her breathing heavy and rhythmic. You're wired. You're holding your...

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Unhappy infant wearing a stiff tulle baby dress next to comfortable organic cotton onesies

The absolute disaster of putting your infant in a fancy baby dress

We're at my sister-in-law's house in Naperville for a holiday party. My daughter is four months old and I've wrestled her into a heavily embroidered, synthetic silk baby dress that cost more than my first stethoscope. She looks like a...

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