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A bewildered dad looking at an organic cotton baby romper while holding a digital thermometer.

The Thermoregulation Bug: Why We Keep Our Baby in Rompers

We were standing in the driveway during that weird Portland heat dome last July when my brain effectively blue-screened. My mother-in-law was on FaceTime insisting our then-newborn needed full linen long sleeves so the sun wouldn't vaporize him. My neighbor...

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A messy pile of outgrown baby clothes next to a folded stack of organic cotton bodysuits on a laundry table

Mode Nachhaltig: Why Cheap Baby Clothes Actually Cost You More

I'm currently staring at three giant black trash bags full of neon, scratchy, plastic-feeling onesies that my oldest wore for exactly five seconds before outgrowing them, shrinking them, or ruining them with a blowout that defied the laws of physics....

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Twin dad surviving bath time while holding organic cotton clothes

The absolute chaos of tiny bodies, babys' boundaries & bath times

Dear Tom of exactly six months ago, You're currently standing in the downstairs loo, holding a soiled nappy at arm’s length while Maya attempts to post my electric toothbrush into the toilet bowl and Chloe aggressively inspects her own belly...

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A baby sleeping safely in a wearable blanket

Why we need to talk about the swaddle escape pipeline

I was sitting on the floor of Kabir's nursery at three in the morning, watching him practice his newly acquired rolling skills like a tiny, aggressive burrito. He was still in his swaddle, thrashing his legs up and slamming them...

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A very tired mom holding a baby in a Kianao organic cotton knotted gown

The truth about ropa de bebe: surviving the newborn clothing chaos

I was standing in the sweltering heat outside a CVS in South Beach, wearing a linen jumpsuit that was rapidly absorbing a frankly alarming amount of breastmilk, while holding a naked, screaming six-week-old Leo who had just orchestrated a diaper...

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A confused dad staring at a massive pile of complicated baby products

The Actually Useful Infant Essentials List for Pragmatic Parents

I was sitting on our living room rug surrounded by forty-seven pounds of cardboard packaging, holding a wipe warmer that apparently needed to be plugged into an outlet at all times, when I realized the baby registry industrial complex is...

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A tired dad holding two different toddler sweaters in a messy bedroom

Why The Right Toddler Sweater Stops Winter Car Seat Panic

"Put a proper heavy coat on those girls," my mother-in-law announced last Tuesday, eyeing the twins as if I were deliberately trying to freeze them to death on our walk to the park. "They'll completely overheat in the boot of...

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Confused dad looking at tiny baby clothes and a measuring tape

Decoding European Baby Sizes: Why Centimeters Finally Make Sense

Standing in our dim nursery at two in the morning, I was holding two different bodysuits up to the moonlight. One was a legacy American brand labeled "0-3 Months." The other was a European piece labeled "Size 56." The baby,...

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Mom holding folded organic baby clothes bought during a designer sale

How to Actually Win a Designer Mark-Down Event (Without Going Broke)

It was 1:43 in the morning, and I was sitting in the rocking chair nursing my youngest in the pitch black while my phone screen practically burned my retinas. I had twelve tabs open, a virtual shopping cart with a...

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