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Priya holding a half-knitted merino wool baby blanket next to a sleeping newborn

Welche Wolle fΓΌr Babydecke: The brutal truth about baby yarn

Listen, Priya from six months ago. You're sitting on the living room floor surrounded by twenty skeins of neon acrylic yarn you bought on a manic whim at a big box craft store. You think you're going to crochet the...

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Toddler twins wearing traditional Spanish baby clothes sitting on a rug

The Catastrophic Christening That Sold Me On Spanish Baby Clothes

The great christening disaster of last October began not with a dropped cake or a forgotten prayer book, but with a synthetic ruffle. We were sitting in the slightly damp function room of a local gastropub, attempting to celebrate my...

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Two crocheted baby blankets draped over a wooden chair next to a half-drunk cup of tea in a messy London flat.

Surviving unique baby blanket crochet patterns and SIDS anxiety

I'm currently staring at a magnificent, sprawling web of pastel acrylic yarn that has somehow managed to completely mummify my daughter’s left foot. It’s 3:14 am, the rain is hammering against our London window, and I'm sweating profusely while trying...

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A confused dad holding a newborn baby bundled in multiple winter layers

Surviving Newborn Winter Clothes Without Freezing Your Baby

The wind was whipping off the Willamette River, cutting straight through my flannel shirt, and I was standing in the hospital parking lot sweating profusely. Sarah was sitting in the discharge wheelchair, vibrating with postpartum exhaustion, while I tried to...

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Toddler wearing a chunky knit sweater outdoors in winter

The truth about surviving winter with a toddler in a chunky sweater

The wind off Lake Michigan was doing that thing where it physically hurts your face, and I was losing a wrestling match with a five-point harness. My son was wearing this massive, beautiful, hand-knit chunky sweater his Dadi had mailed...

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Organic cotton buggy sleeping bag surviving a rainy London park walk

The Muddy Puddle And My Kinderwagen Schlafsack Revelation

It's a Tuesday in late November, featuring that specific type of aggressive, sideways London drizzle that somehow bypasses your coat entirely and settles directly into your bones. I'm standing on the cracked pavement outside our flat, trying to negotiate with...

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A pile of stained and clean baby bodysuits sitting next to a laundry basket on a messy bedroom floor

The Honest Truth About Newborn Short Sleeve Onesies And Blowouts

My oldest son, Hunterβ€”bless his heart, he was my practice childβ€”was exactly four days old when he projectile vomited partially digested breastmilk directly into the hood of a tiny, forty-five-dollar bear-eared sweater my great-aunt bought him. I remember standing in...

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Tired dad holding twin babies wearing identical dark bodysuits

The Case For The Black Baby Onesie And Retaining Your Sanity

At 2:14 PM on a damp Tuesday, exactly three weeks into fatherhood, I found myself trying to extract a screaming infant from a pair of miniature, stiff denim jeans. Florence (or maybe Mabel, the sleep deprivation had completely blurred their...

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A bewildered dad holding a baby dressed in multiple mismatched autumn layers

The Engineering of Baby Fall Clothes: A Portland Dad's Guide

7:14 AM. The air in our Portland backyard smells like wet pine needles and coffee. It's exactly 48 degrees outside, but the weather app promises it'll hit a balmy 71 by three o'clock. I'm standing on the porch staring at...

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