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Toddler girl in organic cotton capri leggings playing outside in the Texas summer heat.

The Truth About Capri Leggings for Girls and Summer Knees

I was sitting in the back of my minivan in a Target parking lot last July, desperately trying to peel a pair of sweat-cemented, neon pink synthetic leggings off my screaming three-year-old, when I finally broke. The temperature in rural...

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Why japan kidswear completely ruined me for normal baby clothes

When I was pregnant with Leo, I made the mistake of crowdsourcing clothing advice. My mother-in-law cornered me in a Target aisle to aggressively whisper that I should exclusively buy 12-month sizes for my unborn infant and just roll the...

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Baby wearing a soft organic cotton jersey tee on a changing table

Why the organic jersey baby tee is the only shirt you need

It was three in the morning in the pediatric step-down unit when I watched a first-time dad try to wrestle a stiff, miniature chambray button-down over his screaming newborn's freshly placed IV line. He was sweating right through his hospital...

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A folded vintage baby dress sitting on top of a modern organic cotton bodysuit

The Reality of Putting Your Baby in Old Hand-Me-Downs

My mother handed me a cardboard box that smelled distinctly of mothballs and aggressive potpourri right after my twenty-week ultrasound. We were sitting at her kitchen table in the suburbs. She pushed the box across the laminate counter with the...

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A bewildered dad holding up a ridiculously complicated hand-knit baby sweater

The Knitted Newborn Outfit Girl Disaster and What We Learned

Picture this: It’s 3:00 AM on our second night home from the hospital. Maya is screaming at a volume I didn't know a seven-pound human could physically generate. I'm sweating completely through my t-shirt. My wife Sarah is frantically typing...

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A realistic pile of mostly clean baby girl clothes on a nursery floor

The brutally honest guide to sorting out vetement bebe fille

I was standing in the dark holding a tiny, poop-covered denim jacket. It was week two of motherhood. Maya was screaming, I was crying, and I couldn't figure out how to unbutton three microscopic metal snaps while keeping her flailing...

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Sarah sitting on the floor holding a messy ball of yarn next to a half-finished baby sweater

That Time Stricken für Babys Made Me Cry Into My Cold Coffee

I was sitting on the floor of our living room in late November, wearing a pair of maternity leggings that had definitively given up on life around the thighs, surrounded by three balls of what the label aggressively called "ethereal...

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A half-finished knitted baby dress next to a messy cup of coffee and yarn.

The Truth About Knitting Baby Dresses (And Why I Still Do It)

It was 2019, Maya was exactly three weeks and two days old, and I was sitting on the floor of our extremely messy living room at 2 AM wearing sweatpants that smelled vaguely of sour milk. I had my lukewarm...

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Tired mother trying to wrap a fussy newborn in a breathable baby blanket

Surviving The 3 AM Swaddle Breakout And Other Newborn Nightmares

The radiator in our Chicago apartment was clanking like a dying engine, and it was three in the morning. My son had somehow managed to free his left arm from his wrap and was currently punching himself in the face...

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