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Twin dad surviving bath time while holding organic cotton clothes

The absolute chaos of tiny bodies, babys' boundaries & bath times

Dear Tom of exactly six months ago, You're currently standing in the downstairs loo, holding a soiled nappy at arm’s length while Maya attempts to post my electric toothbrush into the toilet bowl and Chloe aggressively inspects her own belly...

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A baby sleeping safely in a wearable blanket

Why we need to talk about the swaddle escape pipeline

I was sitting on the floor of Kabir's nursery at three in the morning, watching him practice his newly acquired rolling skills like a tiny, aggressive burrito. He was still in his swaddle, thrashing his legs up and slamming them...

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Frustrated mom holding a tiny kicked-off baby sock next to a cold coffee cup

The Great Winter Layering Myth and Why Baby Tights Fix Everything

Here's the biggest lie the baby industrial complex ever sold us: that infants need pants. And separate socks. I'm staring into the middle distance right now just remembering the sheer delusion I operated under with my first kid, Leo. It...

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A tired dad holding two different toddler sweaters in a messy bedroom

Why The Right Toddler Sweater Stops Winter Car Seat Panic

"Put a proper heavy coat on those girls," my mother-in-law announced last Tuesday, eyeing the twins as if I were deliberately trying to freeze them to death on our walk to the park. "They'll completely overheat in the boot of...

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Annoyed baby holding a wooden and silicone teether while drooling

Why your baby hates every teething toy you buy

My mother-in-law casually suggested rubbing whiskey on my daughter's gums. The neighborhood mom-group admin swore by a thirty-dollar raw Baltic amber necklace that apparently possesses magical anti-swollen properties. My old charge nurse at the hospital just shrugged, told me to...

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Wooden baby play items on a neutral playmat in a living room

Why I Threw Out Our Giant Plastic Baby Activity Table

I was sitting on the living room rug with my coffee halfway to my mouth, staring at my oldest son, Jackson, who looked like he was preparing for a lunar launch. He was six months old and firmly wedged into...

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A worn-out baby bunny blanket resting on a nursery rocking chair

Dear past Priya: Surviving the bunny blanket hostage crisis

It's 2:14 in the morning and you're currently army-crawling across the nursery rug, sweeping your hand under the crib like a frantic metal detector. You're looking for a twelve-inch piece of fabric with a stuffed rabbit head attached to it....

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A mother inspecting the tag on a discounted infant bodysuit in a store.

The brutal truth about shopping a baby clearance warehouse sale

The wind off Lake Michigan was whipping my hair into my mouth while I stood in a line wrapping around an industrial park in Skokie. I was six months pregnant, freezing, and holding a lukewarm decaf coffee, waiting for the...

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Toddler twins wearing bright yellow waterproof fishing bibs on a wet dock

Why your toddler needs real fishing bibs (and not cute raincoats)

There's a very specific, high-pitched intake of breath a two-year-old makes when the icy water pooling on a rented fibreglass boat seat finally breaches her supposedly "weather-resistant" corduroy trousers. It’s a sound that cuts through the roar of a vintage...

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