The Late-Night Rabbit Hole That Changed How I View "Toxic" Baby Gear
I was pinned beneath a sleeping 12-kilogram toddler, desperately trying to breathe as shallowly as possible so as not to wake her, when my casual 3am doomscrolling took a violently dark turn. I had been trying to search for some...
The Truth About Babys Breath Flowers in Your Newborns Nursery
Dear Priya from six months ago. You're standing in the craft store floral aisle, heavily pregnant, holding a thirty-dollar bundle of dried white weeds. You're convinced this is the final touch your nursery needs to tie the whole woodland aesthetic...
The Day I Realized Baby's Breath Was Actually Ruining My Nursery
I was thirty-eight weeks pregnant, sweating completely through a maternity tank top in late August, staring at a giant wire hoop covered in dried white flowers that my mother had just proudly hung directly over the crib. It was supposed...
Why trendy baby's breath is actually a nursery nightmare
I was standing by the dessert table at my sister-in-law's aggressively rustic baby shower in Evanston when I watched my toddler make a dead sprint for the floor-length floral garland. Before I could even put down my lukewarm tea, he...
The Ugly Truth About Baby Yarn: What I Actually Learned the Hard Way
I'm sitting on the floor of my oldest boy's nursery at two in the morning, practically cross-eyed under the glow of a cheap ring light I bought for my Etsy shop, trying to use a pair of cosmetic tweezers to...
My 11-Month-Old Daughter is Basically a 150-Pound Baby Walrus
Itβs 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. The glow of my dual monitors is the only light in our Portland living room, casting long, depressing shadows over a floor entirely covered in colorful plastic debris. On the left screen, I've a...
System Error: What I Wish I Knew About Newborn Diapers
Dear Marcus from eleven months ago. You're currently standing in the Target diaper aisle, holding your phone open to a highly formatted Google Sheet. You have calculated that based on an average output of 8.4 voids per day, you need...
Why the Nike Swoosh 1 Changed How I Think About Baby Shoes
It was a random Tuesday, maybe 9 AM, and I was wearing leggings that definitely hadnβt been washed since Sunday. I was hovering by the microwave, nursing my third cup of aggressively mediocre dark roast, when my mother-in-law dropped a...
Why Your Baby Shower Entrance Doesn't Need A Giant Plastic Poster
There I was, thirty-two weeks pregnant with Maya, standing behind the dumpsters of a suburban Italian restaurant with half a lukewarm iced coffee in my hand. I was wearing this floral maternity wrap dress that aggressively rode up every time...