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Twin toddler girls wearing modern vintage-inspired clothing on a London street

The reality of vintage infant dresses: A dad's survival guide

I'm currently sweating profusely in the back of a moderately priced Italian restaurant in zone three, trying to force a writhing twenty-four-month-old's chubby arm through a rigid sleeve made of 1950s stiffened lace. My daughter, sensing my rising panic, arches...

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A fussy toddler wearing organic cotton farmer pants sitting on a living room rug while chewing on a wooden toy.

The Truth About Baby Overalls: Cute Or A Total Nightmare?

Before my oldest was born, I laid out this tiny, stiff pair of denim dungarees at my baby shower, just staring at how ridiculously tiny the pockets were. My mom took one look and said they were adorable and that...

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Twin babies fighting over a wooden play gym on a messy living room rug

Expectation vs Reality: Montessori Toys for Nine Month Old Twins

There I was, at 6:42 am on a Tuesday, trying to fish a soggy, half-dissolved piece of Amazon packaging out of Maya's mouth while her sister, Chloe, methodically used a £45 plastic, battery-powered farm animal as a blunt instrument to...

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Mom sorting through a pile of used baby clothes at a consignment shop

The Brutal Truth About the Kinderkleiderbörse Bern Scene

The absolute biggest, most ridiculous lie Instagram tries to sell us is that to be a "good" mother, your baby needs a closet overflowing with pristine, tags-still-on aesthetic outfits in fifty shades of sad beige. I used to believe that...

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A confused dad holding a wool baby sleep sack next to a thermostat

Sweating bullets over baby wool in a Portland heatwave

It was mid-July, the Nanit camera was flashing a menacing red 81 degrees, and our 1924 Portland craftsman was doing its best impression of a pizza oven. I was frantically trying to program a portable AC unit with one hand...

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A slightly tangled ball of organic baby yarn next to a wooden teething ring

The great fluffy lie (and why I started googling babywolle kaufen)

The parcel arrived on a wet Tuesday, smelling faintly of lavender and aggressively good intentions. Great Aunt Muriel had knitted the twins matching cardigans. I pulled the first one out of the tissue paper and immediately realised we had a...

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A tired dad researching sleeping bags for infants online.

Why We Switched To Sleeping Bags For Infants (And You Should Too)

My mother-in-law told me to pile three heavy quilts on him because Portland nights are drafty and he was going to freeze. The exhausted NICU nurse at the hospital swaddled him so tightly in a receiving blanket that he looked...

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A stack of soft wrap-style newborn clothes on a wooden nursery dresser

Why Japanese Newborn Clothes Actually Save Your Sanity With A Baby

Let me tell you the biggest lie the baby industry ever sold us: that newborns need to wear actual outfits. I'm talking about miniature denim overalls, stiff corduroy suspender sets, and tiny button-down flannels. With my oldest, bless his heart,...

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A calm baby sleeping in a muted earth-tone organic wrap bodysuit

The 3 AM Onesie Panic and the Magic of Japanese Baby Clothes

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday and I was wearing a pair of maternity leggings that had a crusty smear of Greek yogurt on the left thigh, staring down at my firstborn, Leo, who was screaming like I was...

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