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A dad looking exhausted next to a crib with a neatly folded bamboo blanket

Thermal Throttling: Why We Finally Switched to a Bamboo Baby Blanket

It was 2:14 AM during that ridiculous heat dome we had in Portland last July, and the Nanit camera monitor was basically glowing red. The nursery temperature was hovering at 78 degrees despite the window AC unit aggressively coughing in...

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A confused dad folding a breathable organic cotton baby blanket in a Portland nursery.

Troubleshooting the Breathable Blanket for Newborns Paradox

I was standing in our Portland apartment's second bedroomβ€”newly converted from my gaming office to a nurseryβ€”staring at a stack of fourteen folded textiles. Fourteen. My wife, Sarah, had washed, dried, and color-coordinated a mountain of fabric based on a...

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Exhausted mom holding a folded pile of organic cotton toddler summer pajamas.

The Absolute Messy Truth About Buying Toddler Short Pajamas

It was somewhere around 2:14 in the morning in the dead center of July, and our Texas air conditioner was loudly fighting a losing battle against the humidity. I was standing in the dark, wrestling a damp, fleece zip-up footie...

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Tired dad holding an 11-month-old baby and a massive stack of dirty organic cotton and silicone bibs

How Many Bibs Do I Need? A Tech Dad’s Guide To Drool Mathematics

Tuesday, 3:14 AM. I'm standing in our freezing laundry room holding a tiny, sour-milk-soaked triangle of fabric by two fingers, staring into the dark void of the dryer drum. My wife is upstairs walking our screaming 11-month-old in tight circles,...

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Jess holding a ridiculous itchy baby dress while her toddler runs away in organic cotton.

The Brutal Truth About Buying Vestidos de Bebe for Your Girl

We were sitting in the third row at First Baptist Church on Easter Sunday, the air conditioning was broken, and my oldest daughter Mackenzie was literally trying to claw her way out of her own clothes. She was maybe two...

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Baby wearing a customized organic bodysuit covered in sweet potato puree

The Ugly Truth About My First Custom Organic Baby Onesie

I was standing in the middle of my kitchen, covered in a highly suspicious mixture of mashed sweet potatoes and spit-up, trying to peel a personalized milestone shirt off my oldest son, Leo. It was his half-birthday, because I used...

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A pile of folded organic cotton baby bibs sitting on a wooden nursery dresser

Why You Must Buy Baby Bibs Organic: A Pediatric Nurse Explains

I was staring at a laundry basket overflowing with thirty-two polyester-blend baby shower gifts when I realized my registry was a massive failure. Before I had my son, I thought these fabric scraps were just cute accessories to tie an...

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Blush rose fitted crib sheet on a minimalist mattress with no loose blankets

Why My Perfect Pink Infant Bedding Set Ended Up In The Trash

I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sitting on the floor of my Chicago apartment, crying over a contractor bag. Inside the plastic bag was roughly four hundred dollars worth of perfectly coordinated blush textiles. It was a complete crib set I...

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A pile of baby clothes on a changing table in the middle of the night

Why most kids' clothes are actually a trap disguised as cute

It was 2:13 a.m. in the middle of a brutal Chicago February. The thermostat claimed it was sixty-eight degrees, but the nursery felt like a meat locker. I was holding my screaming son at arm's length because he was covered...

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