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Two toddlers staring resentfully at a dropped blanket in a muddy puddle.

Surviving Brutal Winter Walks With a Fusssack fΓΌr Kinderwagen

It was a violently miserable Tuesday in November when the double buggy jammed in the middle of Regent’s Park. The wind was doing that specifically British thing where it somehow cuts diagonally upward through your coat, and I was desperately...

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A cozy kinderwagen sack sitting in a stroller on a snowy porch.

The kinderwagen sack: A letter to myself about winter walks

You're currently sweating through your favorite oversized sweater, wrestling a screaming six-month-old into a puffy fleece snowsuit while your toddler dumps a box of Cheerios all over the mudroom floor. I know exactly how your back aches right now from...

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Baby sleeping soundly in a lambskin stroller footmuff while dad drinks coffee in the freezing Portland rain.

Winterfußsack Kinderwagen Lammfell: A Tech Dad's Honest Review

Dear Marcus from six months ago. It's currently 3:14 AM in October, and Portland is aggressively gray outside. I'm staring at the glow of an Excel spreadsheet where you attempted to map out a synthetic polyester layering system based on...

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Baby reaching for wooden toys on a soft organic playmat on the floor

Ditching the Plastic Jumper for a Real Montessori Activity Space

I was sitting on my incredibly stained living room rug at 6:15 AM wearing yesterday’s maternity leggingsβ€”the ones with the hole in the left kneeβ€”clutching my third mug of desperately black coffee, while my firstborn, Leo, aggressively bounced in what...

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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...

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A gray knitted blanket draped over a stroller handle on a rainy Portland afternoon.

The great crib myth and finding a safe gestrickte babydecke

I was standing in the nursery, meticulously folding a beautiful, sage-green knit blanket over the edge of the crib mattress. I had spent twenty minutes getting the drape exactly right. The room looked like a high-end catalog shoot, completely ready...

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