A new-mom friend of mine recently confessed to me that she and her husband discovered a magical cure for getting their fussy newborn to stop fussing: placing her in her car seat and plopping the car seat on top of the clothes dryer. My friend said they waited so long to try this technique because [...]

I spent the better part of this morning dealing with annoying outgoing email problems. Thankfully, the issues have been (temporarily) resolved. But there’s a much more important reason to feel buoyed: I didn’t go nuts.
Some backstory: I have a temper. A really, really bad one. Few things set off this temper as quickly as speaking [...]

There is no question I would be a terrible contestant on that (inane) Wayne Brady game show, “Don’t Forget the Lyrics!”
It’s not that I can’t sing—I actually have a pretty decent singing voice.
My fatal flaw? Since my days in high school choir, I’ve become terrible with lyrics. I mean, terrible. Like, I would make some [...]

The last 36 hours in L’s life have been pretty action-packed. Friday afternoon, I dragged her (and Powergirl) with me on a reporting excursion to Sonoma. Saturday night, my wife and I went out to celebrate our five-year wedding anniversary and left L in our house with her maternal grandparents.
In both cases, the baby [...]

The world is a funnier place because of Canadian comedian Jon Lajoie. While I’m a huge fan of just about all his work, one tune in particular has become my personal anthem. The song? “Stay-at-home Dad.” If you click through, pay close attention to the Rage Against The Machine tribute toward the end of the [...]

Finally, Daddy has gotten in on the action.
After nearly four weeks of watching L receive all of her sustenance from Momma, I successfully coaxed the kid into taking a bottle of expressed breast milk earlier this week.
The feedings have now become ritual. And what a ritual they are.
On a visceral level, the experience is almost [...]

My favorite daily ritual for the last two weeks has been “Back Time,” those 20-30 minutes of L’s waking life during which I set her on her back and the two of us just hang. She’s usually on a blanket on the floor, though lately we’ve be chilling on the bed in the guest room.
Our [...]

Parenting books like this one and this one are relatively comprehensive about informing expectant parents what they can expect from the first few weeks of being a Mom or Dad. One subject that none of them touch: the onesie.
Yes, you know the onesie—one part t-shirt, one part undies. These little numbers fit the little torso [...]

I’ve said it on Twitter and I’ll say it again here – lullaby renditions of modern music from Rockabye Baby kick ASS. Each CD takes a bunch of modern songs from bands such as Coldplay, Radiohead, U2 and others, and turns them into baby-friendly lullabies. My personal favorites: those that lullabize AC/DC, Mettalica and the Rolling [...]

Dear Windows Calendar:
There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just come out with it: our relationship needs to evolve. It’s not you, oh great keeper of my day-to-day, it’s me. I hate to admit it, but I’ve changed.
In the past, our bond enthralled me, and I was obsessed with everything about you. I [...]