I love my husband. Yeah, yeah, maybe that's not new news to you all, but let me explain...this having a kid thing is kind of a big deal. It's a big deal because at some point, you have to get back to living your life and being a real human instead of a "parent of an infant" or … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
Maybe Dad Isn’t an Idiot
Instead, maybe society has created man to be relatively worthless in the home raising the kids. I say this after reading a few articles this morning, starting with this one, “Mr. Mom, The Bumbling (Yet Elusive) Dad, Has Apparently Died”. I understand that back in the day the men … [Read more...]
Second Guessing Your Second Guesses
It’s an interesting thing to be a parent and even more interesting when you’re a first time parent to a newborn. No matter how much you read or how much advice you get, your baby is going to do some weird stuff that you did not see coming…at all. As the biased father of Sammy, I … [Read more...]
Colic: What the Hell Is It?
Turns out nobody knows. It seems it’s simply a term that means “I don’t know why your baby cries for no reason”. Hmmm…very helpful, thank you. … [Read more...]
Breaking Rules: Going Against the Grain
You know how there are things we teach our kids like color inside the lines or don’t write on the walls? I’m not a big fan of teaching kids this stuff. I mean, of course we don’t want Sammy going all over the house writing on the walls but why not give kids a wall they can write … [Read more...]
Shhhh, the Baby Is Sleeping
Prior to having Sammy there were 1,001 things Annie and I talked about as far as how we would handle certain situations. One of our BIG mantras was “the baby will become part of OUR life, not the other way around”. Well, Sammy is a couple of days away from being 3 months old and … [Read more...]
Happily Married Vs. Having Babies
Yet another thing that seems to be under-discussed is the issue of maintaining a solid relationship with your spouse or significant other while having a baby and then going about the task of raising that baby. Regardless of who you are or what your situation; having a baby is … [Read more...]
Babies and a Life of Firsts
As any parent knows, the amount of “firsts” when you have a baby is insane. Every single thing is a first…first smile, first tooth, first time crawling, first time walking, and hundreds of other things. We’ve been living through many firsts with our little Sammy and right before … [Read more...]
Sammy’s First New Year
Obviously this first year with Sammy is full of lots of…well…firsts. Seems like a no brainer statement but due to the fact he was born in October it all came pretty damn quick. We brought him home from the hospital to a house we had just moved in to, then it was Halloween, my … [Read more...]