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Exhausted dad holding a fussy baby wearing organic cotton clothes at 3 AM.

Debugging the Strick Baby: How We Fixed Our Fussy Trick Baby

The clock on the microwave said 3:14 AM, glowing in that menacing green font that just mocks your life choices. My son, who during the day usually resembles a slightly drunk, happy old man, was currently arched backward in my...

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Sarah sitzt verzweifelt vor einem riesigen Berg aussortierter Babykleidung, in der Hand eine kalte Tasse Kaffee.

Mein absurder Kampf mit Fast Fashion und warum ich fast alles wegge...

Es war 2 Uhr morgens, ich trug eine graue Jogginghose, auf der undefinierbare, verkrustete Süßkartoffel-Brei-Reste klebten, und starrte auf einen gigantischen Berg von Babyklamotten. So richtig grelle, chemisch riechende Neondinosaurier-Strampler aus Poly-irgendwas und Hosen, die sich anfühlten wie aufgeweichtes Plastik....

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Two toddlers in smudged party dresses intensely inspecting a dropped piece of wedding cake

Festkleider Kinder: Surviving Toddler Party Wear In One Piece

"Put them in traditional taffeta, it builds character," my mother declared over a lukewarm cup of Earl Grey, adjusting her glasses as if inspecting my parenting credentials for microscopic flaws. "Just get those matching velvet twin suits from Instagram," my...

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Toddler Leo knocking down a wobbly tower of wooden bausteine kinder in the living room.

Why I Stopped Overthinking Bausteine Kinder & Let Them Crash

It's 6:15 AM on a Tuesday, and I'm sitting on the cold kitchen floor wearing David’s faded college sweatshirt that has a completely unidentified yogurt stain on the cuff, gripping a mug of lukewarm coffee like it's a literal life...

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A customized wooden baby block with the name Leo engraved sitting on a rug

Debugging baby geschenke personalisierbar: What actually works

My wife Sarah and I are currently staring at three identical, aggressively fluffy fleece blankets taking up massive bandwidth on our living room couch. Each one has "LEO" embroidered across the front in giant gold thread. One of them even...

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A bewildered father holding a mountain of unnecessary baby items while his twins look on.

The Great Baby Accessories Delusion: What Parents Actually Need

I'm currently staring at a twenty-pound velvet baby fedora. I found it in a plastic storage tub at the back of our loft, resting gently atop a pristine, battery-operated wipe warmer. This box is essentially an archaeological dig of my...

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A huge pile of folded organic cotton baby clothes scored during a massive online clearance.

Dear Past Jess: How to Actually Win a Bio Babykleidung Sale

Dear Jess from six months ago. You’re currently sitting on the floor of the nursery, staring at a mountain of stained, weirdly stiff fast-fashion onesies, crying because the new baby is coming in three weeks and our bank account is...

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A visibly exhausted dad wiping spaghetti off a wall while twin toddlers hold silicone spoons.

The Great Spaghetti Bolognese Incident and Feeding Set Truths

There's a very specific, hollow sound that a ceramic bowl makes when it hits a hardwood floor after being launched from the terrifying altitude of an Ikea highchair. It's a sound that instantly ages you five years. It was a...

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Priya hΓ€lt nachdenklich eine kleine Silikon-ZahnbΓΌrste im Badezimmer

Die absolut ehrliche Antwort auf: Welche ZahnbΓΌrste fΓΌr Babys

Der Kiefer meines Sohnes hat die Schließkraft eines kleinen Alligators. Das wurde mir an einem Dienstagmorgen klar, als ich versuchte, eine sehr Àsthetische, beige Bambuszahnbürste aus seinem Mund zu hebeln. Ich wollte ein durchgestyltes, nachhaltiges Badezimmer. Er wollte auf dem...

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