Notes from the Shop Floor
Plain writing about feeding, bathing and baby-proofing, from people who restock these shelves weekly.
What we actually restock every week
The shelves that empty fastest tell you more about early parenthood than any list of essentials.
Anchoring furniture: the ten-minute job people keep postponing
Furniture tip-over is one of the few home risks with a genuinely simple and cheap fix, and it is usually deferred because of drilling.
Starting solids: the equipment that earns its place
The weaning aisle is enormous and most of it is optional. A short list covers the first year comfortably.
Fragrance-free baby wash: what the label is actually telling you
Baby skincare is a crowded shelf with a small number of decisions in it. Fragrance is the one that matters most.
Moving from bottle to cup without a fight
The transition is less about the cup than about when you offer it and what is in it.
Bottle teat flow rates, and how to tell you have the wrong one
Most feeding problems people bring to the counter are not the bottle. They are the hole in the end of it.