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A messy stack of folded baby receiving blankets sitting on a wooden nursery chair

Why You Are Totally Confused By Those Tiny Receiving Blankets

I was sitting on my living room floor a few days after my oldest son's baby shower, completely surrounded by a mountain of these tiny, square flannel blankets that someone had lovingly rolled up like little burritos and tied with...

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Exposing the Real Job of a Brand Ambassador in the Baby World

I was sitting on my living room rug at two in the afternoon on a Tuesday, trying to bribe my screaming toddler with a half-eaten graham cracker so he would hold a wooden rattle for exactly three seconds. The natural...

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Dad trying to put a quarter-zip sweater on a squirming 11-month-old baby boy.

A Letter to Past Me About Surviving The Boys Sweater Phase

Dear Marcus from six months ago: You're currently standing in the baby apparel aisle holding a tiny, adorable, heavily patterned wool pullover. Put it down. Seriously, drop it right now before your wife sees it and you both convince yourselves...

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A dad nervously watching his twin toddlers tangle themselves in a loose cot covering

The Messy Truth About Giving Your Twins a Toddler Blanket

My mother told me that if the girls weren't under a thick wool quilt by November, I was essentially committing child neglect. My aggressively modern NCT friend, on the other hand, strongly implied over flat whites that introducing any loose...

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A messy family kitchen table with spilled coffee, toast, and baby feeding bowls.

The Sandwich Generation Survival Guide to the Adult Bib

I was wearing my husband Dave's faded Syracuse hoodieβ€”the one with the fraying cuffs that smells faintly of old garlic because he refuses to let me wash it on hotβ€”when the coffee went airborne. It was exactly 9:14 AM on...

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Toddler girl wearing organic cotton pants crawling over gravel without scraping her knees

Why I Exclusively Buy Boys Cargo Pants for My Feral Twin Girls

My mother cheerfully informed me that little girls should be dressed exclusively in floral smocked dresses, which is a lovely sentiment if your children sit perfectly still on a velvet cushion playing the harp. My extremely intense NCT group leader...

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A mom holding a coffee looking stressed in a desert backyard setting.

The Biggest Baby Rattlesnake Myth Ruining Your Desert Vacation

I was standing in my mother-in-law's Scottsdale backyard at 7 AM, wearing these completely impractical wide-leg linen pants that I thought made me look "resort casual" but actually just made me look like I was in a cult. I was...

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A sleek, waterproof adult clothing protector resting next to a silicone suction baby bowl on a dining table.

Debugging Dinner: The Honest Truth About Washable Adult Bibs

At exactly 6:14 PM on Thanksgiving, the system architecture of our family dinner completely collapsed. My eleven-month-old, currently running a highly unstable version of his motor-skills firmware, had just discovered the gravitational physics of mashed sweet potatoes, launching a spoonful...

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A frustrated mom holding a coffee while staring at an infant car seat

The Huge Car Seat Lie That Cost Me Weeks of Sleep (And Money)

I was standing in the middle of a big box baby storeβ€”seven months pregnant with Leo, wearing maternity leggings that definitely had a crusty yogurt stain on the knee from God knows whereβ€”just absolutely sobbing. My husband Dave was holding...

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