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A confused dad holding a newborn baby bundled in multiple winter layers

Surviving Newborn Winter Clothes Without Freezing Your Baby

The wind was whipping off the Willamette River, cutting straight through my flannel shirt, and I was standing in the hospital parking lot sweating profusely. Sarah was sitting in the discharge wheelchair, vibrating with postpartum exhaustion, while I tried to...

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Toddler wearing a chunky knit sweater outdoors in winter

The truth about surviving winter with a toddler in a chunky sweater

The wind off Lake Michigan was doing that thing where it physically hurts your face, and I was losing a wrestling match with a five-point harness. My son was wearing this massive, beautiful, hand-knit chunky sweater his Dadi had mailed...

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Organic cotton buggy sleeping bag surviving a rainy London park walk

The Muddy Puddle And My Kinderwagen Schlafsack Revelation

It's a Tuesday in late November, featuring that specific type of aggressive, sideways London drizzle that somehow bypasses your coat entirely and settles directly into your bones. I'm standing on the cracked pavement outside our flat, trying to negotiate with...

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A pile of stained and clean baby bodysuits sitting next to a laundry basket on a messy bedroom floor

The Honest Truth About Newborn Short Sleeve Onesies And Blowouts

My oldest son, Hunterβ€”bless his heart, he was my practice childβ€”was exactly four days old when he projectile vomited partially digested breastmilk directly into the hood of a tiny, forty-five-dollar bear-eared sweater my great-aunt bought him. I remember standing in...

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Tired dad holding twin babies wearing identical dark bodysuits

The Case For The Black Baby Onesie And Retaining Your Sanity

At 2:14 PM on a damp Tuesday, exactly three weeks into fatherhood, I found myself trying to extract a screaming infant from a pair of miniature, stiff denim jeans. Florence (or maybe Mabel, the sleep deprivation had completely blurred their...

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A bewildered dad holding a baby dressed in multiple mismatched autumn layers

The Engineering of Baby Fall Clothes: A Portland Dad's Guide

7:14 AM. The air in our Portland backyard smells like wet pine needles and coffee. It's exactly 48 degrees outside, but the weather app promises it'll hit a balmy 71 by three o'clock. I'm standing on the porch staring at...

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Mother wearing a vintage womens ringer tee holding a toddler in a matching shirt

Why a Womens Ringer Tee is Actually Medical Grade Mom Gear

I was scraping dried sweet potato off my shoulder with a lukewarm baby wipe when I finally accepted the truth about maternal fashion. The internet feeds us this massive, glittering lie that modern motherhood requires a closet full of high-tech,...

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Frustrated toddler girl in a bathroom trying to unfasten a complicated summer romper.

Why Traditional Toddler Rompers Are Actually A Complete Nightmare

I'm balancing my lukewarm iced vanilla latte on the edge of the incredibly questionable diaper changing station in the Target family restroom while my then two-and-a-half-year-old, Maya, is doing the frantic, knee-knocking pee dance. She is wearing this absolutely precious,...

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Me trapped under our kuscheldecke groß with a coffee and two kids.

The huge family blanket mistake we made (and what actually works)

It's exactly 3:14 AM and I'm sitting in the dark nursery wearing sweatpants that haven't been washed since Tuesday and a faded Nirvana t-shirt that smells vaguely of sour milk, stale coffee, and total desperation. Maya is maybe seven months...

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