Humor in the NICU
All three of my kids have now spent time at birth in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, otherwise known as the NICU or The Place That Actually Means It When They Tell You to Wash Your Hands, to the...
Parents Say the Darndest Things
Parenting changes you. And not just by turning things like sleeping in on the weekend and playing video games with every iota of your waking free time into distant memories, but also in more direct wa...
The Wondrous Sevener Twins Have Arrived!
Seriously, what is it with kids not following directions?! About two and a half years ago, my first son was born into this world some six weeks early, which presented all sorts of unique challenges t...
Death of a Hairbrush
I really liked that brush. And I know that it probably doesn’t seem very manly for a guy to become attached to a hairbrush as opposed to something like a chainsaw or a flamethrower, but I...
Don’t Tell Me How to Boil My Child Into a Delicious Stew
People on the Internet think that they know everything … myself included, but that’s an entirely different issue altogether! This week while my wife was at work – the best time fo...
Toy Shopping 101
Whether you’re shopping for a kid who’s just turning one year old, or maybe five, or perhaps even thirty-six, the art of shopping for the perfect birthday toy is not one to be taken l...
Happy Birthday, Crazy Monkey Boy…
Ahhh, the ripe young age of two years-old – a time filled with Goldfish crackers and sippy cups, when every toy is a new opportunity to trip up your parents and the whole world is your jungle ...
Inspiration, Big and Small
My kid can be pretty weird sometimes. I try not to make every single one of these columns lately about my son, but then again, something tells me that fifteen years from now when our primary interacti...