If this morning’s showing is any indication of how I’ll be as a disciplinarian, it’s clear that L is going to walk all over me—especially during her teenage years.
Let me explain. Every morning after L wakes up, I stagger into her room, take her out of her sleep sack and change her diaper (we call [...]

Is there a more torturous tool for babies than the bulb syringe? This device, which oddly (and perhaps frighteningly) resembles a miniature turkey baster, is designed to help parents and other grown-ups get stuff out of baby facial orifices such as the nose and mouth.
Administer it correctly and the thing sucks/slurps/vacuums globules of snot and [...]

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 [...]

It’s no secret that diapers are up there with plutonium as some of the least environmentally friendly objects on Planet Earth.
As quoted in a recent TIME magazine article, the Real Diaper Association, an advocacy group founded in 2004, estimates that 27.4 billion disposable diapers are used each year in the U.S. According to the EPA, [...]

The old lady’s question seemed innocent enough: “Can I take a peek at your cute baby?”
Under any other circumstances, I gladly would have welcomed the bitty into our lives and invited her to come and admire L. I might have even engaged her in small-talk about the weather.
Today, however, considering I was changing L’s diaper [...]

The random stranger smiled at me and gave me the “what’s up” nod as he walked by.
“Oh, sorry,” he said, suddenly realizing I wasn’t who he thought I was. “You look like the guy who works at the gas station.”
This was not exactly a compliment. We’ve got five gas stations here in Healdsburg, and while [...]

Four days into this whole all-day-with-L thing, I have identified the most challenging part of the experience.
It’s not diaper-duty, keeping the baby occupied or even the whole bathing/cleaning thing. It’s also not the whole changing thing—after some initial debacles, I’ve pretty much mastered the process of administering onesies.
No, the toughest part of my time with [...]

It has become one of L’s favorite new games: a little ditty I like to call “Panthorns.” All you need to play: a pair of baby pants, a ridiculous clown voice and a crazy imagination.
As the name suggests, the pants are critical.
Every time I change the baby, I take her pants off, turn them inside [...]

Though I carry a man-purse, I’m the first to admit that schlepping around a diaper bag is one of the most irritating experiences known to dads. That’s why I am uber-excited about the Diaper Vest and Diaper Jacket wearable diaper bags from DadGear.
A buddy of mine (and soon-to-be father himself) hipped me to these products [...]

The Mommy Files, a mom-oriented blog affiliated with the San Francisco Chronicle, ran a post this week about the local chapter of Diaper Free Baby, a nationwide effort to raise kids sans Huggies.
Apparently, there is a growing number of parents who potty train their babies from birth and see it as a way to save [...]