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A worn out baby security blanket with a stuffed rabbit head on a crib mattress

The 3 AM bunny and blanket crisis that broke me

My hands were elbow-deep in a hamper of sour-smelling sleep sacks at three in the morning. The radiator in our Chicago apartment was making that metallic rhythmic clanking sound it always makes when it drops below zero outside. From the...

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First time dad holding 11-month-old baby girl in a functional organic cotton dress

The Great Tulle Disaster: A Dad's Guide to Baby Kleider Mädchen

I was sitting in the back of a rented Subaru in a gravel parking lot in Bend, Oregon, frantically trying to debug a zipper that was hopelessly jammed in three layers of synthetic tulle. The temperature outside was pushing ninety...

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A frustrated dad looking at a massive static-filled polyester blanket on a couch.

The Physics Of A Kuscheldecke Gross (And Why I Tasered My Baby)

We were twenty minutes into a severely delayed family movie night, the Portland rain was hammering the windows, and I made a tactical error. I grabbed the massive, fluffy gray fleece blanket we bought at a big box store three...

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A dad looking confused at a pile of different disposable and cloth diaper pants

Pants Windeln: The Unexpected Glitch in the Diaper Transition

Yesterday morning, my mother-in-law told me I need to put my 11-month-old in pull-ups immediately because he's standing up in his crib. An hour later, a guy at my local Portland roastery holding a pour-over confidently explained that disposable training...

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Sarah mit kaltem Kaffee und einer viel zu großen Babydecke im Kinderzimmer

Welche Babydecke-Größe braucht man? Der völlig chaotische Guide

Ich war in der 36. Woche schwanger mit Leo, trug eine uralte, an den Knien völlig ausgeleierte graue Jogginghose von meinem Mann, die ich heroisch unter meinen massiven Bauch gerollt hatte, und schwitzte wie verrückt. Es war August. Ich stand...

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A crumpled merino wool baby blanket thrown over the back of a nursery rocking chair.

Dear Sleep-Deprived Me: That Babydecke aus Wolle Was the Answer

Dear Sarah from last November, You're sitting on the cold kitchen tiles right now, wearing Mark's paint-stained gray sweatpants, surrounded by crushed Cheerios that Maya threw on the floor like, three days ago. You're holding a mug of Folgers that...

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A half-empty coffee cup next to a folded merino wool baby blanket

That 2 AM Wool Blanket Panic (And What I Finally Figured Out)

Maya was four months old, it was the middle of January, and the radiator in our apartment was making that rhythmic clanking sound that meant it was trying—and failing—to produce actual heat. I was sitting on the couch at 2:14...

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A heavily stained cloth baby bib next to a clean silicone pocket bib.

Dear Past Me: The Messy Truth About Waterproof and Plastic Bibs

Dear Sarah from six months ago, You're currently standing in the baby aisle of that ridiculously overpriced boutique downtown. It’s exactly 10:15 AM on a Tuesday, and you're wearing those black lululemon leggings that definitely have a crusty yogurt stain...

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Baby boy surrounded by organic muslin cloths and safe wooden toys

Real Talk on Geburtsgeschenke Jungs: Gifts We Actually Used

I'm literally sitting on my living room floor with a trash bag in one hand and a pair of kitchen scissors in the other, trying to aggressively dismantle a three-tiered "diaper cake" constructed entirely of newborn-sized diapers and thick blue...

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