The Truth About Baby Bibs (And Why You Need Them On Day One)
It was October 2017 and I was sitting in this ridiculously overpriced cafΓ© downtown wearing a beige cashmere sweater that I had bought specifically because it made me feel like a functioning human adult. Leo was three weeks old. He...
The brutal truth about chunky baby sweaters and keeping infants warm
You're thirty seconds into trying to shove a rigid, uncooperative little arm through the tiny sleeve of a thick cable-knit pullover when you realize you've made a terrible mistake. The baby is screaming. You're sweating. The dog is staring at...
The Truth About Long Sleeve Onesies Before You Buy Everything
I was standing in the middle of my living room in late July, sweating clean through my postpartum leggings, holding a screaming, rigid newborn who looked and sounded exactly like an angry watermelon. I had just tried to force a...
The Reality of Buying a Baby Blanket With Name for Your Nursery
I was thirty-four weeks pregnant with my oldest, sweating completely through a maternity tank top in the middle of a Texas July, staring at a gift box the size of a mini-fridge. My husbandβs Aunt Linda, bless her heart, was...
Why I rely on a long sleeve body suit in a Portland heatwave
The thermostat in our Portland bungalow read 94 degrees last August, which meant the nursery was operating at approximately the temperature of a pizza oven. My son was three months old at the time, and I approached his overheating like...
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 armβs length while Maya attempts to post my electric toothbrush into the toilet bowl and Chloe aggressively inspects her own belly...
Babys zahnen: Oh Gott, mein ehrlicher Zahnungs-Survival-Guide
Es war exakt 3:14 Uhr morgens an einem Dienstag, ich trug ein verwaschenes College-Shirt, auf dem ein nicht identifizierbarer Fleck von Mayas gestrigem Haferbrei klebte, und Leo brΓΌllte, als hΓ€tte ich ihm gerade erΓΆffnet, dass es nie wieder Milch gibt....
The Great Winter Layering Myth and Why Baby Tights Fix Everything
Here's the biggest lie the baby industrial complex ever sold us: that infants need pants. And separate socks. I'm staring into the middle distance right now just remembering the sheer delusion I operated under with my first kid, Leo. It...
How I Finally Hacked The Baby Tee Womens Trend After Two Kids
I was sitting in the driver's seat of my Honda Odyssey in a Target parking lot on a random Tuesday in March, violently regretting every life choice that had led me to this exact moment. I was wearing a neon...