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Dad trying to put a quarter-zip sweater on a squirming 11-month-old baby boy.

A Letter to Past Me About Surviving The Boys Sweater Phase

Dear Marcus from six months ago: You're currently standing in the baby apparel aisle holding a tiny, adorable, heavily patterned wool pullover. Put it down. Seriously, drop it right now before your wife sees it and you both convince yourselves...

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Jess folding a mountain of baby clothes while drinking lukewarm coffee

A Letter to Past Jess About Finding a Quality Kids Boutique

Dear Jess from last October. I'm currently staring at a giant black trash bag sitting in the hallway that's full of neon, plastic-feeling shirts that somehow shrank three sizes in a single wash, and pants where the knees blew out...

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A tired mom changing a baby onesie during a blowout at night

3 AM Blowouts and the Brutal Truth About a Baby Onesie

It was three in the morning in our drafty Chicago apartment when the smell hit me. Not the standard sweet-sour milk smell, but a toxic, biological hazard level stench that wakes you from a dead sleep. I flipped on the...

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Toddler wearing a neutral organic bodysuit representing nachhaltige mode

Why your baby skin actually needs nachhaltige mode to heal

Don't buy the fifteen-dollar dinosaur onesie multipack from that targeted midnight social media ad. I know it looks like a steal when you're nursing at three in the morning and your impulse control is completely shot. I did exactly this...

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Toddler running in garden wearing sustainable boys apparel and a sun hat

Why the clothing industry is completely wrong about little boys

There's this incredibly persistent, borderline dangerous myth floating around the local playgroups that dressing male children is somehow the easy way out. The working theory goes that while parents of girls are trapped in a complex matrix of tights that...

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A pile of outgrown neutral baby clothes next to a wooden measuring tape

The reality of baby sizes and why age labels are lying to you

I was sweating through my postpartum shirt, trying to fold my three-week-old son's arm into a rigid denim jacket labeled zero-to-three months for a mandatory family photo. His arm was stuck at a strange right angle while he screamed, and...

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A tiny premature baby wearing an organic cotton side-snap bodysuit in the NICU

Navigating the Chaos of Buying Tiny Outfits for Premature Babies

My mom told me they didn't even make garments that small back in the day and to just wrap her in a receiving blanket until she chunked up. The NICU nurse told me to immediately send my husband out to...

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Little boy standing in organic cotton jogger pants looking stubborn

The Great Trouser Battle: A Letter To Myself About Dressing Boys

Dear Jess of six months ago: You're currently sweating entirely through your good linen blouse, pinning a flailing four-year-old to the living room rug while desperately trying to yank a pair of stiff, miniature raw-denim jeans over his incredibly solid...

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Priya sorting through a messy pile of infant outfits on a living room rug

The Truth About Dressing Your Daughter (Without Losing Your Mind)

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant, sitting on the floor of our Chicago apartment, staring at a miniature denim jacket. It was roughly the size of a large grapefruit and as stiff as a piece of cardboard. Someone had given it...

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