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Frustrated dad holding one tiny white sock next to a washing machine

The Ridiculous Truth About Organic Cotton Socks for Tiny Feet

My left arm is currently wedged shoulder-deep inside the rubber gasket of our Bosch washing machine, fishing for a piece of fabric the size of a tea bag. Maya is howling from the nursery because her left foot is cold,...

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The Truth About Organic Infant Socks (and Peeling Ankles)

I was sitting right on the cracked linoleum of my laundry room floor, holding a tiny, sweaty polyester sock in one hand and staring at my six-month-old's ankles in sheer panic. Beau, my oldest, was happily gnawing on a plastic...

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A bewildered dad holding tiny winter baby clothes and looking confused

Debugging the architectural nightmare of a newborn sweater set

I’m currently staring at a tiny, cream-colored cable-knit tube of fabric. My wife Sarah is in the other room, and my son is lying on the changing table, doing that terrifying infant stiff-board maneuver where every muscle in his three-week-old...

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Why bamboo preemie clothes are the only thing you should pack

I'm standing at the warmer in bed spot four, untangling a mess of yellow and blue lead wires. The mother next to me is holding up a standard zero-to-three-month onesie that someone gifted her at a shower she barely got...

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A frustrated tired mom holding a tiny white newborn long sleeve t shirt over her coffee cup

The Great Onesie Lie and Why Newborn Long Sleeve T Shirts Win

I'm standing in the nursery, it's like 3:14 AM, I'm wearing a nursing bra that smells vaguely of sour milk and Dave's oversized college sweatpants, and I'm practically in tears over three tiny metal crotch snaps. Before you've a baby,...

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Dad awkwardly trying to figure out the side snaps on an organic cotton newborn kimono top.

The Newborn Kimono Top: A First-Time Dad’s Troubleshooting Guide

My mom told me babies only need plain white onesies because that's what I wore and I survived with all my limbs intact. The aggressively hip barista at my local Portland coffee shop insisted I only use hand-woven hemp sacks...

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Tired mom folding a stack of soft organic cotton baby rompers on a messy bed.

What I Wish I Knew About Knit Rompers Before Baby Number Three

Dear Jess from six months ago. You're currently standing in the middle of Target, eight months pregnant with your third baby, holding a mustard yellow acrylic one-piece and crying into your iced coffee. Your ankles are swollen to the size...

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Dear Past Priya: The Truth About Bamboo Bassinet Sheets

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday in late January. The radiator in our Chicago apartment is clanking like a dying engine. You're standing over the bedside sleeper, holding a screaming, shivering infant who just engineered a blowout of catastrophic proportions....

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A tired mom holding a tiny organic baby sock while drinking coffee.

The Real Deal With Infant Cotton Socks (And Why I Panicked at 3 AM)

Picture this. It’s mid-July, seven years ago. I'm sitting in a sweltering hospital room wearing a stained gray nursing tank, sweating profusely, holding my two-day-old daughter, Maya. In walks my mother-in-law, who takes one look at Maya’s tiny, slightly purple...

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