Magazine

Jess holding a folded black and white organic cotton penguin blanket

How a Simple Penguin Blanket Saved My Sanity and My Marriage

It was 2:14 AM and I was literally hovering over the Motorola baby monitor, zooming in on my oldest son's pixelated chest to make sure it was still rising and falling. The thermostat in our drafty Texas farmhouse said 62...

Read more

Exhausted mom holding a cold cup of coffee and a green silicone baby teether

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...

Read more

Toddler girl sitting on a playmat wearing ribbed baumwoll leggins.

My Honest Review on Why We Finally Switched to Baumwoll Leggins

I'm currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of my guest roomβ€”which is actually just my Etsy shipping room masquerading as a guest roomβ€”staring at a plastic tote bin full of toddler clothes my oldest daughter wore three years ago. I...

Read more

Dad holding a confusing pile of black cotton leggings while baby crawls away.

The baumwoll leggins damen obsession: Decoding my wife's closet

I'm standing in our Portland basement at 11:45 PM, staring at a laundry basket that appears to contain fourteen identical black fabric tubes. Our eleven-month-old just successfully executed a tactical diaper blowout ten minutes after falling asleep, which means I'm...

Read more

Mom drinking coffee in a fitted shirt while toddler plays on the floor

My Complete Breakdown Over The Trendy Baby Tee Crop Top Phase

It was exactly 9:43 AM on a Tuesday, and I was bent at a perfect ninety-degree angle over the damp sand at Centennial Park, frantically trying to dig what looked like a half-chewed cigarette butt out of my four-year-old Maya’s...

Read more

A heavily chewed organic cotton bunny lovey resting on a crib mattress.

The Absolute Truth About Your Toddler and Their Blanket Bunny

Some mom in Lincoln Park is currently telling me her ten-month-old doesn't need "props" to self-soothe while we stand by the infant swings. She is wearing cashmere to a playground. Her kid is actively gnawing on a literal piece of...

Read more

A messy living room floor with a half empty coffee mug next to a wooden baby play gym

The Honest Brand Ambassador Position Description For Parents

It's exactly 6:43 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm currently sitting on my hallway floor wearing a stained Nirvana t-shirt from 2004 and precisely one sock. I'm trying to bribe my four-year-old, Maya, to stop licking the baseboards long enough...

Read more

A worn out baby security blanket with a stuffed rabbit head on a crib mattress

The 3 AM bunny and blanket crisis that broke me

My hands were elbow-deep in a hamper of sour-smelling sleep sacks at three in the morning. The radiator in our Chicago apartment was making that metallic rhythmic clanking sound it always makes when it drops below zero outside. From the...

Read more

A messy living room floor with a round waterproof baby mat and wooden toys.

How I Finally Found a Play Activity Mat That Did Not Drive Me Crazy

When I was pregnant with my oldest, Tucker, I swear everybody had a loud opinion on where exactly the baby was supposed to exist when I wasn't holding him. My grandmother told me to just throw a handmade quilt on...

Read more