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Baby chewing on a wooden rattle while lying on a playmat

Finding the right Rassel für Babys without losing your mind

When Maya was about twelve weeks old, my mother-in-law marched into my kitchen and handed me a literal sterling silver rattle that weighed as much as a kettlebell. "It's an heirloom," she whispered reverently, tracing the engraved initials of some...

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Why a Basic Rassel Toy Beat My High-Tech Baby Parenting Theories

I'm sitting on the living room rug surrounded by three different glowing screens, a Wi-Fi enabled bassinet that tracks micro-movements, and a massive spreadsheet charting exactly how many ounces of milk my son has consumed since Tuesday. On the main...

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A baby sleeping comfortably in a black organic cotton onesie on a playmat

The Baby Body Schwarz: Why I Dress My Kids in Black Onesies

When I brought home my first dark onesie, my grandma practically clutched her pearls and warned me that putting an infant in black was inviting bad luck, my sister-in-law swore I needed soft pastels to stimulate his developing brain, and...

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A folded stack of natural wool and silk baby bodysuits on a messy nursery changing table next to a cold coffee.

The Truth About the Cult Baby Body Wolle Seide Obsession

I was standing in the hospital parking lot in late October with a three-day-old Leo, clutching a lukewarm Americano in one hand and staring at his car seat in a total panic. It was windy, and I was wearing those...

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Tired dad pulling a muddy adult-sized blanket out of a stroller wheel in the rain while the baby looks on.

Wie groß sollte eine Babydecke sein? A dad's troubleshooting guide

The left rear wheel of the stroller locked up with a brutal clicking noise right in the middle of a crosswalk in Portland’s Pearl District. It was raining, obviously, because we live in Oregon and taking an 11-month-old outside requires...

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Maya chewing furiously on a green textured silicone teething ring

Beissringe Silikon: The Ugly Truth About Teething Advice

Let's rewind to Maya at four months old. I was wearing a gray nursing tank that smelled strongly of sour milk and desperation, and it had this weird yellow yogurt stain on the left strap that I had completely given...

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A partially chewed wooden and silicone teether resting on a coffee table near my laptop.

Why our pediatrician vetoed the freezer and pushed a beissring holz

It was 2:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was standing in front of the open freezer in my boxers, holding a bright blue plastic hippo filled with mystery gel. Our eleven-month-old son was in the other room, screaming like...

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Exhausted dad looking at a pile of tiny baby clothes in the summer heat

What do newborns wear in summer to avoid melting completely

My first catastrophic error as a father was a pair of matching linen blend cardigans. It was mid-August, the temperature inside our third-floor London flat was hovering somewhere around the legal limit for a sauna, and I was holding two...

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A pile of stained newborn bibs sitting next to a half-empty coffee cup on a messy kitchen table.

How Many Bibs Do I Need For A Newborn? The Spitty Truth

It was Thanksgiving 2017, and Maya was exactly six weeks old. We were at my mother-in-law’s house, which is basically a museum of white linen and breakable objects, and I was wearing a rust-colored silk blouse because I was, like,...

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