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Why lΓ€tzchen personalisiert saved my daycare sanity

It was a Tuesday in late October, and I was staring at the neckline of my middle kid’s shirt like it was an active crime scene. The blue terry-cloth drool catcher around his neck had a faded, washed-out Sharpie mark...

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The Frottee LΓ€tzchen Era: Why Terrycloth Bibs Finally Fixed My Meal...

It was a Tuesday night, about six years ago, and my oldest was covered in what looked like a marinara-themed crime scene. I’m talking sauce in his eyebrows, sauce down his neck, and somehow, sauce inside his diaper. He was...

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The Truth About Babyspielzeug Holz And Keeping Your Baby Safe

When I was pregnant with Maya, my mother-in-law cornered me at my baby shower holding a terrifying, neon plastic saxophone that played a high-pitched, vaguely demonic version of 'Old MacDonald' and told me it was the best toy ever because...

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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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Why that rainbow baby blanket stayed completely out of our crib

I was staring at a pile of crumpled tissue paper in my mother-in-law's living room when I finally unwrapped it. It was a rainbow blanket, heavy and soft, knitted by an auntie who knew exactly what my previous year had...

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A Letter to Myself About Surviving Winter With Baby Overalls

Dear Tom of late October. You're currently standing in the hallway of the flat, sweating profusely through your last clean jumper, holding a heavily padded synthetic snowsuit that looks like it was designed for a deep-sea diving expedition. Maya is...

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Surviving the Night with a Baby Rassel: Why Simple Toys Win

The digital clock on the microwave glared at me in aggressive, glowing red numbers: 3:14 AM. I was standing barefoot in a puddle of something unidentifiable (let's optimistically call it water) while holding a screaming two-year-old who was currently producing...

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The aesthetic feeding myth and why you need a lΓ€tzli mit Γ€rmel

Instagram sells this absolute lie that babies learning to eat is a minimalist, beige-hued journey of discovery. The video always starts with a perfectly clean child in a ribbed neutral outfit, sitting in a wooden high chair. They gently mouth...

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Why I Was Completely Wrong About Rasseln FΓΌr Babys As A New Dad

It was Tuesday at roughly 4:12 PM, and my living room looked like a warehouse explosion at a brightly colored plastics factory. I was sitting on the rug holding a neon green plastic hippo. I shook it. It emitted a...

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