Out of nowhere today, L unveiled her latest skill: waving hello and goodbye.
It happened this morning. Our nanny had arrived for a few hours (I needed to report an upcoming story for The New York Times) and I turned to head from the kitchen (downstairs) to my office (upstairs). As I pivoted, the baby squealed [...]

It’s been more than a year since Powergirl and I vacationed just the two of us—a huge deal, considering I’m a travel writer and she loves to travel. Our last trip came when she was five months pregnant with L; naturally, we have not gone anywhere together without the baby in the eight months since [...]

Undoubtedly I will give L hundreds—if not thousands—of gifts over the course of our time on earth together. This week, however, apparently I gave her a present I wish I could take back: her first cold.
My symptoms arrived Wednesday evening, following a long run at the gym. Her symptoms came on in full effect this [...]

This week Powergirl and I made a difficult decision regarding L’s crib: We finally decided to put the bumpers on.
On paper, opting for these cute little cushions (they have storks on them) doesn’t seem like a tough choice; most of the books tell you to consider it any time after the baby is big enough [...]

Move over, Luke Wilson; AT&T has a prime candidate for a new spokesperson, and she just happens to be my 8-month-old daughter.
Over the past week or so, L has become obsessed with the telephone. Whenever she sees it, she starts yipping and laughing and smiling profusely. When she catches Powergirl or I are talking on [...]

It was a busy weekend in these parts for little L (and her mom and dad).
On Saturday, the baby hosted about 30 guests at her very own baptism. Yesterday, she was at it again, playing belle of the ball as more family members chilled out to eat leftovers and sloth on the couch during the [...]

So we got back from Hawaii on Wednesday (more on the trip later this week). And we drove straight from the Oakland airport to Berkeley, where I dropped off Powergirl for a four-day conference she was chairing.
With simple math you can deduce that this schedule left me as a single-parent for the better part of [...]

Powergirl and I are off with L early Monday morning on the baby’s first major vacation: ten days in Hawaii. While I am certainly not stoked about enduring heightened security measures at OAK on our way west, I’m actually looking forward to seeing how L does on the plane. Here are five other random thoughts [...]

My favorite part of every day comes around 8:30 p.m., when it’s time to put L to bed for the night. The process of shushing her and rocking her until she passes out is—and always has been—my job.
It is, quite frankly, the only aspect of fatherhood with which I’ve never needed practice.
I’m not sure why [...]

It’s no secret that these little babies grow up quickly. Still, from my vantage point as a father, there aren’t many moments in an average week that make me stop and wax nostalgic for the days when my nearly seven-month-old daughter was, well, younger.
I had one such moment today. The inspiration: L’s first grown-up turd.
Not [...]