Dear Past Me: The Absolute Messy Truth About Tiny Crib Bedding
Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, It's 11:43 PM on a Tuesday. You're standing in the guest room wearing those black Lululemon leggings that have a crusty streak of unidentified toddler fluid on the left thigh, and you're holding...
The Truth About Short Sleeve Baby Pajamas (A Dad's Data Log)
It's currently 2:14 AM, and I'm standing perfectly still in the dark, staring at the glowing blue numbers of a digital room thermometer. It reads exactly 71.8Β°F. My 11-month-old is asleep in his crib, breathing with the rhythmic, heavy cadence...
The medical reality of organic cotton baby socks for infants
The day we brought my son home from the hospital, I received three distinct, entirely contradictory mandates about his feet. My mother, wielding her generational aunty logic, informed me that exposing his bare toes to the Chicago autumn would invite...
My Messy Journey Finding Gender Neutral Crib Bedding That Works
I'm currently sitting on the floor of what used to be my home office, holding a tiny, stripped Allen wrench, surrounded by a mountain of highly gendered, hyper-specific baby textiles. It's midnight, my wife Sarah is asleep, and I've just...
The Absolute Truth About Toddler Boy Sweaters
"Put him in raw wool, it builds character and keeps the chest warm," my mother-in-law announced over Thanksgiving turkey while Leo, my four-year-old, was actively trying to staple a piece of ham to the dining room table. Meanwhile, my best...
Welche Wolle fΓΌr Babydecke: The brutal truth about baby yarn
Listen, Priya from six months ago. You're sitting on the living room floor surrounded by twenty skeins of neon acrylic yarn you bought on a manic whim at a big box craft store. You think you're going to crochet the...
The Catastrophic Christening That Sold Me On Spanish Baby Clothes
The great christening disaster of last October began not with a dropped cake or a forgotten prayer book, but with a synthetic ruffle. We were sitting in the slightly damp function room of a local gastropub, attempting to celebrate my...
Surviving unique baby blanket crochet patterns and SIDS anxiety
I'm currently staring at a magnificent, sprawling web of pastel acrylic yarn that has somehow managed to completely mummify my daughterβs left foot. Itβs 3:14 am, the rain is hammering against our London window, and I'm sweating profusely while trying...
Surviving Newborn Winter Clothes Without Freezing Your Baby
The wind was whipping off the Willamette River, cutting straight through my flannel shirt, and I was standing in the hospital parking lot sweating profusely. Sarah was sitting in the discharge wheelchair, vibrating with postpartum exhaustion, while I tried to...