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Toddler wearing soft elastic waist shorts while climbing at a park

Why Most Toddler Khaki Shorts Belong Straight In The Garbage

Three different people gave me completely conflicting instructions about dressing my kid for my cousin's outdoor wedding last summer. My mother-in-law cornered me at the mehndi to declare that a proper beta needs stiff, pleated trousers to look respectable in...

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Priya holding a stainless steel toddler plate with leftover mac and cheese on a messy kitchen counter

The soapy nightmare that led us to stainless steel toddler plates

Tuesday night, 6:43 PM. Kabir had just aggressively rejected a batch of organic mac and cheese that I spent twenty minutes hiding pureed cauliflower inside. I was standing over the kitchen sink, eating the lukewarm leftovers directly off his favorite...

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Baby in a green footless long sleeve romper crawling on a hardwood floor

Debugging Baby Clothes: The Infant Long Sleeve Romper Upgrade

6:14 AM. Portland is doing that gray, misty drizzle thing it does for nine months of the year. My 11-month-old is currently trying to pull himself up on the edge of the living room coffee table. He is wearing a...

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A toddler wearing toddler flare jeans and a white top at the playground

My Spectacular Fails Before Giving Up On Toddler Flare Jeans

It was 10:14 AM on a random Tuesday, and I was wearing faded black leggings that hadn't seen the inside of a yoga studio since Obama was in office. I was holding a lukewarm iced coffee from that local place...

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Toddler boy in a messy blue knit sweater drinking from a sippy cup

The Absolute Truth About Toddler Boy Sweaters

"Put him in raw wool, it builds character and keeps the chest warm," my mother-in-law announced over Thanksgiving turkey while Leo, my four-year-old, was actively trying to staple a piece of ham to the dining room table. Meanwhile, my best...

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A messy crib mattress featuring a soft, rumpled bamboo toddler blanket draped over the edge.

Dear Past Me: The Bamboo Toddler Blanket Is Actually Worth It

Dear Jess of six months ago. You're currently sitting on the floor of the nursery at 2:14 AM, using your teeth to try and unjam a zipper on a fleece sleep sack that somehow got stuck on a blowout-ruined diaper...

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Toddler twins wearing traditional Spanish baby clothes sitting on a rug

The Catastrophic Christening That Sold Me On Spanish Baby Clothes

The great christening disaster of last October began not with a dropped cake or a forgotten prayer book, but with a synthetic ruffle. We were sitting in the slightly damp function room of a local gastropub, attempting to celebrate my...

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A toddler in a faded black vintage band tee spilling coffee on a silicone space bib

Dear Past Me: The Absolute Messy Truth About Rock Babykleidung

Dear Sarah of exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting in the Target parking lot with the AC blasting because it’s ungodly hot, ignoring your steering wheel which is completely sticky because your iced oat milk latte just aggressively leaked...

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Baby trying to pry a silicone suction bowl off a wooden highchair tray

Why suction bowls are actually about motor skills, not clean floors

I'm currently scraping dried avocado off the baseboard with a plastic pediatric tongue depressor I stole from my old hospital ward. People think the whole point of a suction bowl is to prevent this exact scenario. They assume it's just...

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