The Only 7 Baby Products I Actually Used in Year One
By the time Theo turned one, our tiny apartment had hosted an absurd parade of baby products — most of them used once, photographed, and quietly passed along to someone else. If … Read more
By the time Theo turned one, our tiny apartment had hosted an absurd parade of baby products — most of them used once, photographed, and quietly passed along to someone else. If … Read more
The first time I took Theo on the subway alone, I stood at the top of the stairs at my station — which, like most stations, has no elevator — holding a … Read more
We did the first year of Theo’s life in a 600-square-foot one-bedroom in Brooklyn, which meant “the nursery” was a corner of our bedroom and “white noise” had to make peace with … Read more
Six weeks after Theo was born, someone asked me if I was “back to normal yet.” I was standing in my kitchen in leggings I’d worn three days running, holding a baby … Read more
There’s a specific kind of bravery it takes to walk into a packed Brooklyn café pushing a stroller the size of a small car. The doorway is always six inches too narrow. … Read more
Nobody warned me that the hardest part of the newborn months wouldn’t be the crying, or the diapers, or even the feeding. It would be the specific, disorienting loneliness of being awake … Read more