Troubleshooting Baby Quilts: Safety, Sleep, and Free Patterns
Three days after we brought our son home from the hospital, my wifeβs great-aunt mailed us a massive, handmade patchwork blanket that weighed roughly the same as a cinderblock, accompanied by a card instructing us to "wrap him up tight...
Why I Finally Unboxed the Fancy Cashmere Baby Blanket
It was 2:14 AM during that massive Texas freeze a few years back, and I could literally see my breath in my oldest son Calebβs nursery. The power had been out for six hours. I was standing over his bassinet...
Why My Perfect Pink Infant Bedding Set Ended Up In The Trash
I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting on the floor of my Chicago apartment, crying over a contractor bag. Inside the plastic bag was roughly four hundred dollars worth of perfectly coordinated blush textiles. It was a complete crib set I...
Why I Finally Ditched Cotton for Bamboo Mini Crib Sheets
There I was in a La Quinta Inn somewhere outside of Waco, wrestling a sandpaper-stiff cotton sheet over a travel mattress at two in the morning while my oldest, Tucker, screamed like he was being exorcised. Every time I got...
The Truth About Crib Bedding Sets and Bumpers For Your Baby Boy
I was standing in the middle of the nursery, holding what looked like a tiny, quilted life jacket covered in cartoon bears. My aunt had generously shipped us a massive nine-piece bedding set for our baby boy, and I was...
The 11-month beta test of our bamboo crib blanket
3:14 AM. The Nanit camera app says the nursery is exactly 69.4 degrees, but when I reach into the bassinet, my daughter's neck feels like a laptop running too many Chrome tabs. She's sticky. She's thrashing. She's three months old...
The huge family blanket mistake we made (and what actually works)
It's exactly 3:14 AM and I'm sitting in the dark nursery wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed since Tuesday and a faded Nirvana t-shirt that smells vaguely of sour milk, stale coffee, and total desperation. Maya is maybe seven months...
My Sweaty Journey to Find the Best Cooling Blanket for Babies
It's three in the morning in mid-July. The ancient window AC unit in my Chicago apartment is rattling like a dying lawnmower, and my toddler is plastered to my left side. He feels like a baked potato fresh out of...
Choosing the Perfect Luxury Crib Bedding
Navigating the world of parenting can feel like stepping into an entirely new universe. It's filled with joy, excitement, and yes, a fair share of challenges. One of the first things you might be looking to tackle is setting up...