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Baby wearing an organic cotton infant romper playing on a playmat

The Great Infant Romper Lie And What Actually Keeps Babies Cool

I was standing in the emergency room triage bay during a brutal Chicago heatwave when I realized most parents have no idea how to dress a child. The smell of antiseptic was giving me a headache. A frantic mother carried...

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The Truth About Heat Rash and Organic Cotton Shorts

Chicago humidity in July is a specific kind of atmospheric violence. I had dressed my son in these adorable sage green bottoms I bought off an Instagram ad at three in the morning, thinking I was nailing the whole effortless...

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A bewildered dad looking at an organic cotton baby romper while holding a digital thermometer.

The Thermoregulation Bug: Why We Keep Our Baby in Rompers

We were standing in the driveway during that weird Portland heat dome last July when my brain effectively blue-screened. My mother-in-law was on FaceTime insisting our then-newborn needed full linen long sleeves so the sun wouldn't vaporize him. My neighbor...

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The brutal reality of keeping a baby alive in a hot pushchair

My mother-in-law told me to drape a thick towel over the bassinet so the baby wouldn't get a tan, which is a very Indian grandmother thing to prioritize over basic oxygen flow. My neighbor said to just keep clicking the...

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A toddler sitting on the grass wearing black mid-thigh organic cotton shorts

A letter to my May self about the great toddler shorts strike

Listen, May Priya. You're sitting on the rug right now, watching your kid sweat through a pair of heavy fleece joggers while the Chicago spring decides to skip straight to eighty-five degrees and eighty percent humidity. You're holding a pair...

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Priya examining a green organic cotton baby boy romper on a changing table

Why Baby Boy Rompers Are The Only Outfit You Actually Need

I'm standing over the changing table at what feels like three in the morning, trying to thread a miniature leather belt through the belt loops of three-month-old corduroy pants. He is doing the alligator death roll. There's a very specific...

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A sweaty toddler sleeping peacefully under a lightweight breathable cotton blanket in a dimly lit nursery

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...

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A dad trying to put white mineral sunblock on a squirming eleven month old boy at the beach.

A Clueless Dad's Guide to Surviving Sunscreen for Babies This Summer

I'm currently pinning my eleven-month-old son against my chest with my left forearm while my right hand desperately tries to smear a thick, chalky white paste across his nose. He is thrashing like a crocodile in a death roll. He...

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Dad attempting to apply thick white mineral cream to a squirming toddler

Surviving the sticky, panic-inducing reality of baby suncare

It was late May, the temperature had inexplicably hit 22 degrees in London, and I was staring at my twin daughters in their double pram like they were gremlins about to melt in the light. They were barely four months...

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