Everyone in our house has been dealing with different sleep issues over the last few weeks, and it’s high time for reflection.
For me, the issue is a lack of sleep; the very same guidebook that has kept me from blogging regularly also is keeping me from putting my head on the pillow for more than [...]

Considering that I fell asleep at my computer four times in six nights last week (and considering that I’m writing this at 3 a.m.), I’d say it’s high time something about my work schedule (watch the baby all day; work late into the night) changed.
And so it is with great excitement this week that I [...]

Generally speaking, L has been a maternal mood of late. This doesn’t mean she’s ignoring me completely, it just means she’s gravitating toward Powergirl and the other women in her life. This weekend, for instance, whenever the baby wanted something, it was “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,” or “Grandma,” her name for my mom.
Daddy, it turned out, [...]

It’s been five days or so since we switched back to Daylight Standard Time, and despite the dwindling amounts of sunshine, these have been the five longest days of my year.
Never mind I’ve been working crazy hours. Forget, for a moment, that we’re refinancing.
Really, the parachute-sized bags under my eyes (and the Olympus Mons of [...]

It was no surprise when the New York Yankees came back in dramatic fashion to beat the Texas Rangers in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series tonight. The real surprise: That I didn’t wake up L with my screams and cheers.
I’ve previously established on this blog (and elsewhere) that I’m a die-hard Yankees [...]

If today was an adequate indication of things to come, my daughter is going to make her stubborn old dad look easy-going in no-time.
The little punk decided she was too big to nap. So she fought it. All. Day. Long.
Eventually—on her mother’s watch, of course—she dozed for no more than 40 minutes, making it the [...]

It was Isaac Newton, I believe, who pontificated on the relationship between action and reaction. Perhaps dude was referring not to the laws of motion, but instead to the laws of parenthood.
Case in point: L’s recent sleeping patterns. The good news: She’s been going down for the night around 7:15 or so, giving Powergirl and [...]

Amid all of her talking and near-walking, L took a wonderful step back in time today, presenting me with a gift that hearkened back to the era when she was three months old and still fit between my shoulder and my bellybutton.
To wit: She fell asleep on my chest while we sat on the couch.
The [...]

So much of this blog is devoted to all of the epiphanies and wonderful moments of fatherhood. I’d be remiss, however, if I didn’t admit it every once in a while: This stay-at-home/work-at-home daddy thing can be exhausting.
I bore the brunt of a particularly long weekend this afternoon. I was out reporting a story for [...]

One of the downsides to L’s newfound mobility is that I spend hours upon hours quite literally chasing her around the house on all fours. One of the upsides: When exhaustion catches up to her and she face-plants in a fit of narcolepsy, I get to nap right there alongside her.
Today was no exception. The [...]