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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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A textured crochet leaf blanket in organic green yarn folded on a wooden nursery chair

That Viral Crochet Leaf Blanket Pattern: What No One Tells You

When I first decided I was going to make something beautiful for my third baby's nursery, the opinions came flying at me faster than a toddler hopped up on apple juice. My grandma told me to just use whatever cheap...

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A tired dad holding a baby swaddle blanket while looking at a tutorial in the nursery.

The Great Swaddle Blanket Debugging: A Letter to My Past Self

Dear Marcus from eleven months ago. You're currently balancing on one foot in the semi-darkness of the nursery, holding a screaming, flailing seven-pound human potato against your chest. You're desperately trying to pause a YouTube tutorial with your chin because...

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Mom sitting on the floor with baby surrounded by scattered colorful baby blocks

The Big Myth About Childrens Stacking Blocks

I'm currently sitting on the floor of my living room, nursing a bruised heel because I just stepped on a rogue wooden square while carrying a laundry basket the size of a small car. My youngest, who's nine months old,...

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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 MΓΌller at 7:45 PM on a Tuesday. You’re wearing those black maternity leggings that you absolutely refuse to...

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Baby wearing a wool SchlupfmΓΌtze balaclava while sitting in a carrier

The SchlupfmΓΌtze: Why This Bizarre Hat Defeats All Winter Gear

I'm standing in the middle of Mt. Tabor park, staring at a patch of mud, watching my eleven-month-old aggressively rip a perfectly good knit beanie off his head for the fourteenth time in ten minutes. He doesn't even look angry....

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A tired dad looking at a disorganized pile of aesthetic baby gifts.

The truth about baby gift boxes and the newborn denim delusion

It was day four of being a dad, precisely 2:14 AM. The baby was actually asleep, which felt like a trap, but I was too exhausted to care. I was standing in our living room illuminated only by the microwave...

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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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