The ugly truth about girls pants and those morning meltdowns
It's 7:14 AM on a Tuesday. I'm sitting on the nursery rug, sweating through my t-shirt, trying to force a stiff, sequined denim leg onto a thrashing two-year-old. She's screaming like I'm taking a bone saw to her shin. I...
The ugly truth about buying a toddler stroller
I was stuck halfway across the intersection of Belmont and Clark when the right front wheel of my wildly expensive travel system simply gave up. It didn't detach or shatter. It just locked completely sideways, grinding against the salty Chicago...
Why Finding the Right Baby Lotion Feels Like Diffusing a Bomb
My mother-in-law cornered me in the kitchen when the twins were four days old, wielding a tub of something that smelled violently of synthetic lavender, insisting I needed to grease them up immediately lest they turn into dust. Two hours...
The Brutally Honest Truth About Buying Bamboo Pajamas For Kids
It's two in the morning, and I'm aggressively wrestling my screaming, slippery nine-month-old back into a rigid fleece onesie while my husband holds a cell phone flashlight in his mouth so we don't wake the toddlers in the next room....
Dear Past Jess: Finding a Good Feeding Bottle Without the Tears
Dear Past Jess, You're standing in Aisle 12 at the big-box store right now, heavily pregnant with baby number three, staring at a literal wall of plastic and silicone, and you're crying. Real, salty, hormone-fueled tears right there next to...
The baby carrier myth that nearly broke my spine (and spirit)
I'm standing in the middle of our cramped London kitchen, wrapped in fifteen feet of grey jersey material, looking like a mummy that gave up halfway through the embalming process. Maya is screaming on the rug. Chloe is staring at...
How to Clean Baby Teethers Safely Without Losing Your Damn Mind
I was standing over a pot of rolling boiling water at three in the morning, watching a twenty-dollar piece of imported French rubber slowly melt into a toxic puddle on my stove. My firstborn was screaming in the next room,...
Top 10 Belly Time Toys for Infants
Tummy time is an essential part of an infant's development, helping to strengthen neck and shoulder muscles, improve motor skills, and prevent conditions like flat head syndrome. To make tummy time both fun and effective, choosing the right toys is...
Salt for babies: how much should they eat?
Es ist nicht notwendig, der Nahrung deines Babys Salz hinzuzufΓΌgen. Babys brauchen nur eine sehr geringe Menge Salz: weniger als 1 g (0,4 g Natrium) pro Tag, bis sie 12 Monate alt sind. Die Nieren deines Babys kΓΆnnen nicht mehr...