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Dad holding a baby girl in a cotton outfit while looking confused at a tulle skirt.

Debugging the Glitchy Physics of Baby Formalwear and Outfits

My mom told me babies need a slip under their dress so the tulle doesn't scratch. My mother-in-law said anything with a skirt is basically a sleep hazard waiting to execute a critical failure. And the barista at my favorite...

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Confused toddler chewing on a wooden prop during a professional photo shoot

The absurd reality of getting your baby a Pampers modelling gig

We were at a deeply depressing soft play centre in Croydon, inhaling the scent of damp socks and despair, when a woman with aggressive blonde highlights leaned over the ball pit to tell me my twin girls were "absolute angels."...

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A frustrated dad looking at a baby bodysuit covered in mysterious stains

The Thameslink Blowout: Surviving the Baby Bodysuit Trap

We were somewhere between East Croydon and London Bridge when the smell hit. A dense, sulphuric cloud that instantly cleared the priority seating area of commuters and left me alone with a double pram. Twin A was grinning the gummy,...

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A tired dad staring analytically at an organic cotton baby play mat on the floor

Debugging Tummy Time: What You Actually Need From A Baby Mat

There's this deeply embedded cultural myth that to successfully raise a functional human infant, you must provide them with a floor space that looks and sounds exactly like a Las Vegas casino. When Leo was about two months old, I...

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A baby sleeping safely in a stroller with a short-pile lambskin insert and an organic cotton blanket during a cold walk.

Kinderwagen Lammfell Winter: Why I Stopped Panicking

I was standing outside a coffee shop on Division Street in 38-degree freezing drizzle, intensely watching my eleven-month-old's chest rise and fall. My wife's mother had just proudly installed a fluffy sheepskin insert into our UPPAbaby stroller, and I was...

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Toddler wearing soft ribbed organic cotton baby leggings sitting on a rug

The Buc-ee's pants disaster and why I only buy leggings baumwolle bio

I'm standing in the blindingly bright, pristine bathroom of a Buc-ee’s somewhere off Interstate 35, and my eighteen-month-old son is screaming like I’m trying to exorcise a demon from his body. It’s August in Texas, which means the air outside...

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A messy pile of ribbed organic baumwoll leggings next to a half-folded laundry basket

The Ugly Truth About My Switch to Bio Baumwoll Leggings

I was standing in my laundry room at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday night, aggressively peeling a pair of toddler pants out of the dryer lint trap, when it actually hit me. The pants were crackling. Literally throwing off visible...

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Confused dad inspecting a printed baby romper while his baby plays on the floor

Bedruckte Baby Strampler: Troubleshooting the Custom Romper

It was 3:14 AM on a Tuesday, and I was using my iPhone flashlight to inspect the inner thighs of my screaming eleven-month-old. Leo was wearing a custom printed "Future Coder - Loading 50%" romper that my brother had proudly...

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A folded organic custom baby romper sitting on a changing table next to safe wooden toys

The ugly truth about babystrampler personalisieren (custom rompers)

Before I ordered my first custom onesie, my mother called me in a panic to say that putting a baby's name on their chest is how kidnappers lure them out of strollers. My neighbor, who coordinates her family's outfits for...

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