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Baby girl in a mustard organic cotton long-sleeve bodysuit crawling on a playmat during fall.

The Great Layering Crash: Figuring Out Fall Baby Girl Outfits

We were in the back of my Subaru Outback in the Sauvie Island pumpkin patch parking lot, and my eleven-month-old daughter was emitting the thermal energy of a small sun. It was maybe 58 degrees outside. But inside the car,...

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The 3 AM Panic That Forced Us Into the Sleeping Bag Baby Phase

It was 2:14 AM and my oldest son, Beau—who's now four and continues to be my living, breathing cautionary tale for literally everything—was screaming. Not his usual "I lost my pacifier" sleep-grunt. The kind of panicked scream that makes your...

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How a Simple Ribbed Onesie Saved My Sanity During a 3 AM Blowout

It's 3:14 AM on a Tuesday. I'm dealing with Diaper #284, and containment has been fully breached. The biohazard has traveled up my 11-month-old's spine, past his shoulder blades, and is currently threatening his neckline. I'm sweating through my t-shirt,...

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A half-eaten bowl of spaghetti in a silicone suction bowl stuck to a messy tray.

The Truth About Suction Bowls for Toddlers (And What Actually Works)

It was 6:13 PM on a random Tuesday, and I was wearing a grey college sweatshirt that used to belong to my husband Dave but was now permanently stained with what I desperately hoped was just pureed sweet potato. Maya,...

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Toddler girl in organic cotton capri leggings playing outside in the Texas summer heat.

The Truth About Capri Leggings for Girls and Summer Knees

I was sitting in the back of my minivan in a Target parking lot last July, desperately trying to peel a pair of sweat-cemented, neon pink synthetic leggings off my screaming three-year-old, when I finally broke. The temperature in rural...

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First-time dad troubleshooting a silicone baby bowl on a high chair tray

A Letter to My Past Self About the Physics of Baby Tableware

Dear Marcus from exactly six months ago, You're currently sitting at the kitchen island, staring at a splatter of pureed sweet potato slowly seeping beneath the 'Esc' key of your favorite mechanical keyboard. You're holding a standard ceramic ramekin in...

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Hunting Down The Discontinued Baby Jogger Vue: A Dad's Reality

I'm currently crouched behind a faux-reclaimed wood table at a Portland coffee shop, obsessively refreshing Facebook Marketplace on my phone while my 11-month-old attempts to deep-throat a cork coaster. Before I became a dad, my entire philosophy on gear was...

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Frustrated dad trying to put a sweater on a squirming toddler

Why That Adorable Baby Girl Sweater Set is a Trap (And How to Survi...

There's a very specific, muffled grunting sound a three-month-old makes when you're trying to force her exceptionally wobbly, disproportionately large head through the unyielding neck-hole of a rigidly knitted garment. It’s a noise that instantly broadcasts to the entire Costa...

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Twin baby girls wearing vintage style dresses in a pram

Dear Past Tom: The Truth About Vintage Style Infant Dresses

Dear Tom of six months ago. It's 3 AM, and you're currently staring at your phone in the dark, bidding forty quid on a pair of authentic 1950s smocked baby gowns on eBay. Stop it immediately. Put the phone down,...

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