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Two toddlers staring resentfully at a dropped blanket in a muddy puddle.

Surviving Brutal Winter Walks With a Fusssack fΓΌr Kinderwagen

It was a violently miserable Tuesday in November when the double buggy jammed in the middle of Regent’s Park. The wind was doing that specifically British thing where it somehow cuts diagonally upward through your coat, and I was desperately...

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A cozy kinderwagen sack sitting in a stroller on a snowy porch.

The kinderwagen sack: A letter to myself about winter walks

You're currently sweating through your favorite oversized sweater, wrestling a screaming six-month-old into a puffy fleece snowsuit while your toddler dumps a box of Cheerios all over the mudroom floor. I know exactly how your back aches right now from...

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A frustrated dad attempting to dress twin girls in winter baby overalls.

A Letter to Myself About Surviving Winter With Baby Overalls

Dear Tom of late October. You're currently standing in the hallway of the flat, sweating profusely through your last clean jumper, holding a heavily padded synthetic snowsuit that looks like it was designed for a deep-sea diving expedition. Maya is...

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A dad pushing a baby in a warm stroller footmuff during winter.

Finding the Right Wintersack Kinderwagen (Without Boiling Your Baby)

On Tuesday, three different people gave me completely conflicting advice about taking my 11-month-old son outside in the Portland winter. My mother-in-law told me to bundle him in three layers of wool plus a down jacket, a neighbor in gym...

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Why skandinavische kindermode labels survive the toddler years

I spent my first Chicago winter as a mom stuffing my son into a puffy fast-fashion snowsuit that made him look like a very angry, overstuffed marshmallow. He could barely lower his arms to his sides. When we finally made...

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A grey double buggy in a wet London park featuring two Kianao winter footmuffs keeping twin toddlers warm

Dear Tom: Buy a fußsack für babys before the winter sleet hits

Dear November Tom, You're currently standing outside the off-licence on a Tuesday afternoon. The sleet is doing that highly specific, horizontal London thing where it somehow manages to rain entirely upward. Both girls have just simultaneously scissor-kicked their hand-knitted cellular...

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A frustrated mom holding a baby dressed in a puffy winter overall next to a car seat.

The Brutal Truth About Finding the Right Baby Winter Overall

I was standing in the gravel driveway of my mom’s house on a freezing November morning, sweating through my own flannel shirt, while my oldest childβ€”who was maybe eight months old at the timeβ€”screamed like I was dipping him in...

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A frustrated dad looking at a complicated winter stroller footmuff setup.

Debugging Cold Walks: Fußsack für Kinderwagen Winter Guide

It was forty-two degrees in Portland, the wind was doing that miserable sideways misting thing, and I was sweating profusely while trying to compress what looked like a tiny, furious Michelin Man into a stroller seat designed for a normal...

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A dad looking confused at his phone while a baby sits in the grass near a tiny bird.

What to Do When Your Toddler Finds a Baby Finch in the Grass

It's 2:14 PM on a Tuesday and I'm staring at what looks like a hairy jellybean on my concrete patio. My 11-month-old daughter is currently operating in her standard 'Roomba mode,' rapidly crawling toward the jellybean with her mouth wide...

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