Mondays in this house used to be a joyous occasion, full of excitement and anticipation over a being that defies description: the garbage truck.
L would wake up stoked. From the moment she looked out the window and spotted our cans on the street, she’d yammer on and on about the garbage truck. Every time she [...]

Dear baby experts:
Thank you for all of the great suggestions you have given my wife and me in the ten months since our daughter was born. We loved your idea of changing her while she’s standing in her crib. The whole dissolve-in-their-mouths cereal thing? Genius! And, though I vowed to hate it, I admit that [...]

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 [...]

People here in Los Angeles sure know how to treat their starlets.
We’ve experienced this first hand with the royal welcome extended to L by the staff at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows in Santa Monica.
At check in, one of the smiling women behind the desk came out to give the baby a stuffed turtle. [...]

On days like today, when L threatens to establish a new world record for the number of diapers soiled in a 24-hour period, I am thankful for the Knot-It bags from a company called Prince Lionheart.
The product essentially is a portable bag dispenser. Inside, you drop a cylindrical refill that consists of one long plastic [...]