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A baby in a full coverage sunsuit sitting on a playmat under a beach tent

Dear Priya: The newborn beach outfit you actually need

You're currently standing on Oak Street Beach. You're sweating through your linen button-down. Your three-month-old is screaming a pitch usually reserved for the NICU triage desk. And that expensive white eyelet romper you bought? It's covered in seagull droppings, damp...

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Exhausted dad staring at a thick knitted jumper with impossible wooden buttons

Surviving the cursed reality of the chunky knit baby outfit

We were at my mother-in-law's house for Boxing Day when I realised we had made a terrible mistake. The thermostat in her living room was set to what I can only describe as "equatorial," and the twins were both strapped...

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Stressed dad holding a tiny newborn kimono shirt while looking at a baby

Why the Newborn Kimono Shirt is a Bug Fix for Early Parenting

Before our son was born, I made the mistake of asking three different people how to dress a newborn. My mother immediately texted me a link to a 20-pack of standard crotch-snap onesies because that's just what babies wear. Our...

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Organic cotton baby clothes and practical gifts for a sustainable baby geschenkkorb

A Letter to Past Me: How to Build a Real baby geschenkkorb

Dear Sarah from last October, I know exactly where you're right now. You’re standing in the middle of the baby aisle at Müller at 7:45 PM on a Tuesday. You’re wearing those black maternity leggings that you absolutely refuse to...

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Exhausted dad holding a fussy baby wearing organic cotton clothes at 3 AM.

Debugging the Strick Baby: How We Fixed Our Fussy Trick Baby

The clock on the microwave said 3:14 AM, glowing in that menacing green font that just mocks your life choices. My son, who during the day usually resembles a slightly drunk, happy old man, was currently arched backward in my...

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Messy pile of mustard yellow yarn and a half-finished baby sweater

The messy truth about trying to knit your own baby clothes

I was thirty-four weeks pregnant, sitting cross-legged on the floor of a craft store in Lincoln Park, quietly crying over a skein of mustard yellow yarn. My feet were swollen to the size of small hams. My lower back felt...

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Sarah sitzt verzweifelt vor einem riesigen Berg aussortierter Babykleidung, in der Hand eine kalte Tasse Kaffee.

Mein absurder Kampf mit Fast Fashion und warum ich fast alles wegge...

Es war 2 Uhr morgens, ich trug eine graue Jogginghose, auf der undefinierbare, verkrustete Süßkartoffel-Brei-Reste klebten, und starrte auf einen gigantischen Berg von Babyklamotten. So richtig grelle, chemisch riechende Neondinosaurier-Strampler aus Poly-irgendwas und Hosen, die sich anfühlten wie aufgeweichtes Plastik....

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A customized wooden baby block with the name Leo engraved sitting on a rug

Debugging baby geschenke personalisierbar: What actually works

My wife Sarah and I are currently staring at three identical, aggressively fluffy fleece blankets taking up massive bandwidth on our living room couch. Each one has "LEO" embroidered across the front in giant gold thread. One of them even...

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A huge pile of folded organic cotton baby clothes scored during a massive online clearance.

Dear Past Jess: How to Actually Win a Bio Babykleidung Sale

Dear Jess from six months ago. You’re currently sitting on the floor of the nursery, staring at a mountain of stained, weirdly stiff fast-fashion onesies, crying because the new baby is coming in three weeks and our bank account is...

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