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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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A muddy toddler wearing yellow rain boots standing in a puddle next to a wooden toy.

Why Most Plastic Backyard Toys Are Trash (And What Actually Lasts)

It was three o'clock on a Tuesday in late July, it was roughly a hundred and two degrees in the shade, and I was standing in my backyard holding a piece of jagged neon green plastic that used to be...

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Two toddlers sleeping under a light bamboo blanket in summer

The Heatwave Guide to Surviving With a Bambus Decke

It was July, the mercury in our top-floor London flat had just breached 35 degrees, and I was sitting on the nursery floor waving a piece of Amazon delivery cardboard over my eight-month-old daughters like a desperate servant in antiquity....

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A folded organic cotton baby tee sitting next to a wooden teether on a bed

Why finding a real usa baby tee is a nightmare (and how to fix it)

Yellow mustard poop all the way up the shoulder blades. That's what I was dealing with at two in the morning in my freezing Chicago apartment, trying to pry a rigid, zero-stretch miniature t-shirt over my screaming son's head. I...

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Why I Tossed Half My Baby Shirts (And Exactly What I Buy Now)

I was sitting on the floor of my oldest’s nursery, staring at a rigid, non-stretching denim baby button-down that some well-meaning relative had gifted us, realizing there was zero chance I was getting it over his giant 99th-percentile head without...

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Baby wearing a lightweight long sleeve bodysuit on a summer day

The Biggest Myth About Your Infant Long Sleeve Shirt

So there I was, sweating through a completely inappropriate gray heather t-shirt on a park bench in mid-July. I had my third iced coffee of the day sweating right along with me in the cup holder of the stroller. Leo...

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Messy baby sitting on a rug wearing a soft organic cotton long sleeve romper

The Truth About Baby Rompers And The Blowout That Broke Me

It was a Tuesday in April, raining that stupid sideways rain we get in the spring, and I was hiding in the single-stall bathroom of a Starbucks with my four-month-old daughter Maya. I was wearing a silk blouse. I don’t...

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Dad checking meat thermometer while holding a baby near a backyard smoker

How I Found the Right Baby Back Ribs Done Temp for My Toddler

Smoke is stinging my left eye, my digital meat thermometer is flashing 145 degrees, and Sarah is holding our 11-month-old who's currently attempting to eat his own foot on the patio. The grill is hissing. My phone is buzzing with...

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A stressed dad looking at his phone while a baby sits under a beach tent in Portland

Why I Googled Beach Baby Onlyfans (And Other Dad Panics)

Before we packed the car for our first family trip to the Oregon coast, I made the fatal error of asking three different people for beach advice. My mother-in-law told me to let the boy run naked in the surf...

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