L’s experience as a car passenger is about to get a whole lot more interesting.
Today, per her doctor’s authorization (and suggestion), I turned around L’s car seats in our respective vehicles. The next time the baby piles in the car for a ride, she’ll be facing forward, thereby seeing an entirely new world.
Mommy! Daddy! The [...]

We’re closing in on a big moment here in the Villano family: The day when we get to turn around L’s car seats so they face forward.
Here in California, the law states that babies must face backward until they weigh more than 22 pounds AND are at least a year old. Since L now tips [...]

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 [...]

It’s the eve of L’s second official road trip (south again, this time to Pasadena), and preparations feel a lot different.
Last time, when the baby was about ten weeks old, we packed nothing but the basics: diapers, wipes, clothes and some Woolite for soaking poopy stuff. This time, now that she’s four months old and [...]

I was reared and licensed to drive in the New York metropolitan area, which means that my behavior on most car rides likely would receive an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.
There’s cursing (usually in a Brooklyn accent). There’s violence (lots of wheel-slamming). Sometimes there even are lewd gestures (I flip a [...]