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Dad attempting to put organic cotton trousers on a rapidly crawling toddler

The ultimate guide to surviving pants for baby (and their parents)

Twin A's left leg is currently trapped in the right armhole of a sleepsuit, while Twin B has somehow managed to remove her entire lower half of clothing using only the corner of the coffee table and sheer, unadulterated willpower....

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Baby wearing a lightweight long sleeve bodysuit on a summer day

The Biggest Myth About Your Infant Long Sleeve Shirt

So there I was, sweating through a completely inappropriate gray heather t-shirt on a park bench in mid-July. I had my third iced coffee of the day sweating right along with me in the cup holder of the stroller. Leo...

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Baby sleeping safely in a bare crib without any loose rainbow blankets

Why that rainbow baby blanket stayed completely out of our crib

I was staring at a pile of crumpled tissue paper in my mother-in-law's living room when I finally unwrapped it. It was a rainbow blanket, heavy and soft, knitted by an auntie who knew exactly what my previous year had...

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A frustrated dad attempting to dress twin girls in winter baby overalls.

A Letter to Myself About Surviving Winter With Baby Overalls

Dear Tom of late October. You're currently standing in the hallway of the flat, sweating profusely through your last clean jumper, holding a heavily padded synthetic snowsuit that looks like it was designed for a deep-sea diving expedition. Maya is...

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A grey stroller footmuff lined with natural wool in a snowy park

Kinderwagen fußsack für neugeborene: Surviving winter walks

I was standing outside a bakery in the Loop last January when I watched a terrified new dad try to shove his three-week-old into a stroller bassinet. The baby was wearing a fleece onesie, a thick synthetic snowsuit that made...

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A dad pushing a baby in a warm stroller footmuff during winter.

Finding the Right Wintersack Kinderwagen (Without Boiling Your Baby)

On Tuesday, three different people gave me completely conflicting advice about taking my 11-month-old son outside in the Portland winter. My mother-in-law told me to bundle him in three layers of wool plus a down jacket, a neighbor in gym...

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Toddler wearing durable Scandinavian winter clothing walking through the snow

Why skandinavische kindermode labels survive the toddler years

I spent my first Chicago winter as a mom stuffing my son into a puffy fast-fashion snowsuit that made him look like a very angry, overstuffed marshmallow. He could barely lower his arms to his sides. When we finally made...

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Tired dad holding a baby in a wearable sleep blanket

Why I Finally Stopped Fighting Blankets for Baby Sleeping Bags

It's 2:14 AM. I'm standing over a crib, attempting to fold a standard square blanket into some kind of secure, un-kickable origami structure around my eleven-month-old son. He is currently employing the evasive maneuvers of a startled squid. Every time...

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Toddler wearing a merino wool base layer and sleeping comfortably

Why I Ditched Fleece for Baby Wolle in the Freezing Chicago Winter

It was two in the morning in mid-February. The kind of Chicago night where the wind off Lake Michigan sounds like a structural failure. I reached into the crib and unzipped my son's heavy fleece sleep sack. His chest was...

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