As grown humans, we take for granted how challenging it is to keep our heads up. We’ve had years of practice using our necks—decades to strengthen those muscles and make sure they do their job.
L, of course, doesn’t have that luxury; at this point, any strides in the neck muscle department are fairly big deals.
Naturally, [...]

Sure, the wedding in Beantown was a blast. And yes, it was great to spend time with some old friends. But the highlight of my weekend was coming home to see my baby girl for the first time in four days.
When I got back, little L seemed bigger, stronger, more grown-up and more intent than [...]

I leave in the morning for four days (and a buddy’s wedding) in Boston, the first real time apart from my little girl.
To say I’m dreading the separation would be the understatement of the century. During the first three months of L’s life, I haven’t spent more than nine hours away from her. Now I’ve [...]

With L hitting the three-month milestone this Thursday, it’s time for yours truly to buy a serious jogging stroller.
The Website JoggingStroller.com has been helpful (thanks to those of you who recommended it) for introducing me to my different options, and for teaching me which features are critical for the amount of running (moderate to heavy) [...]

Mondays must be unofficial Stay-at-Home Dad Days at our local Target.
Twice a month, I hit the big-box store on Mondays. Twice a month, I’m one of quite literally dozens of dads in the Infant/Toddler section to stock up on supplies.
Our faces are different but our carts look the same: bulk size bags of diapers, multiple [...]

While Powergirl and I are head-over-heels in love with the newest addition to our family, there is one being in the house who definitely doesn’t like L that much: Coomer, our cat.
Before the baby, “Cooms” was king of the castle, the object of all the affection we could muster on any given day. He had [...]

Ever since I read about the Mozart Effect, a 1990s hypothesis that alleges listening to Mozart could make us humans smarter, I quietly vowed that at some point (when I became a dad, for instance), I’d play my kids some of the composer’s best.
Today, I popped the Mozart Requiem into L’s Tweety boom box [...]

Juliet once asked Romeo, “What’s in a name?” For us parents, the real questions should be: What’s in a nickname, and what the hell do they mean anyway?
I’ve asked myself this question lots recently, as the number of nicknames Powergirl and I have for L appears to be growing like fireweed. In an effort to [...]

Spending sizable chunks of every day with my new daughter, I often wonder to myself what it must like to be her. What does she see? What does she think? And what difference do all of those baby-oriented gizmos and gadgets really make?
Today, I tried to find out.
It was an impromptu experiment. L and I [...]

A funny thing happened on the way to my first night and morning away from L earlier this week: Out of nowhere, I got walloped with a bad case of separation anxiety and called an audible to change my plans.
I won’t bore you with the specifics, but suffice it to say that in anticipation of [...]