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A rustic table setup for a deko babyparty featuring Kianao organic cotton swaddles and wooden toys as sustainable decor.

How the Deko Babyparty Trend Saved Me From Pinterest Insanity

I was exactly thirty-six weeks pregnant with my oldest, Liam, standing on a wobbly dining room chair I definitely shouldn't have been on, trying to force a piece of cheap Scotch tape to hold up a massive, flimsy plastic banner...

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Kleinkind spielt auf dem Boden mit einfachen Holzbausteinen

Der Mythos rund um Spielzeug fΓΌr Jungs ab 1 Jahr

Der Kuchenrest klebte noch hartnÀckig an der Raufasertapete und mein Wohnzimmer sah aus, als hÀtte eine Fabrik für Baumaschinen ihren kompletten Ausschuss bei uns abgeladen. Mein Sohn saß inmitten dieses blauen, blinkenden und ohrenbetÀubenden Plastik-Chaos. Er ignorierte den ferngesteuerten Monstertruck,...

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Wooden motorisches spielzeug blocks scattered on a playmat

The truth about motorisches spielzeug and your baby's brain

I was sitting on the living room rug with a butter knife. I was trying to pry the battery compartment open on a plastic singing avocado. The screw was stripped. The avocado was looping a song about the alphabet in...

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A chewed up wooden sorting block next to a half full coffee mug

My chaotic journey to the perfect Holz Steckspiel toy

It was 3:14 in the morning. I was wearing a pair of yoga pants that had a mysterious, crusty yogurt stain on the left thigh and an oversized t-shirt that belonged to my husband, Dave. I was carrying my then-11-month-old...

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A father gently sweeping an infant grooming tool over a newborn's bald head

Why buying a baby comb for a completely bald infant makes sense

Before the twins arrived, my mother-in-law handed me a beautifully wrapped, eco-friendly grooming kit containing a wildly soft bristle brush and a tiny wooden toothed implement. I looked at the ultrasound pictures stuck to my fridgeβ€”two indistinct blurry blobs that...

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A stressed dad holding a thermometer over a baby chick brooder box

The Baby Chick Temperature Chart (And Why I Stopped Checking It)

I was sitting on the edge of the guest bathtub at two in the morning, holding an infrared thermometer gun like a radar detector, pointing it directly at five day-old baby chicks huddled in a plastic storage tote. My wife...

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A tiny hand-washed luxury infant cardigan drying flat on a towel

Why I Stopped Laughing at Baby Cashmere (And Nineteen Tiny Goats)

It's 3:14 in the morning, and I'm standing over the bathroom sink with a bottle of pH-neutral baby shampoo, gently massaging a piece of knitwear the size of a side plate while Florence screams from the nursery as if she's...

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The Truth About Buying a Baby Cam Car Monitor for Your Sanity

We were somewhere around mile marker 240 on Interstate 35, completely surrounded by pitch-black Texas cattle country, when the panic hit me. Jackson was three months old, my first baby, and he had been screaming for forty-five minutes straight before...

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Mom making a baby bottle in the middle of the night with a formula dispenser.

Real Talk: How to Score a Baby Brezza Discount Code Today

It was 3:14 in the morning, the dog was barking because the baby was screaming like a banshee, and my hand was shaking so badly I dumped a scoop of expensive formula powder directly onto the kitchen floor instead of...

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