Thank goodness there’s a limit to what L can understand these days (though we still think she’s pretty darn smart). Otherwise, she might have laughed in my face during our pre-holiday trip to Target this morning.
We were in what I like to call the goody aisle; the aisle with all of the cakes, cookies and [...]

For the first time in her young life, L got to ride in a shopping cart today, and (after Daddy furiously administered a wipe to disinfect every inch of that plastic thing) she loved every minute of it.
The scene of this milestone: Santa Rosa Target. The reason: I was too tired to carry her around.
Let’s [...]

I spotted him in the diaper aisle today at Target: Another dad, a man on a mission for a bevy of this-is-new-to-me baby stuff.
I knew dude was a new father immediately. Perhaps it was his expression—somewhere between overwhelmed, irritated and determined not to let the baby section make him lose his cool. It also could [...]

Listen up, parents: If you think you’re spending too much money on your infant or toddler, you probably are.
This isn’t exactly a news flash. According to 2009 data from Easy Analytic Software, infant gear sales soared at $1.66 billion in 2008, and are expected to reach $1.86 billion by 2014. Baby gear sales have more [...]

I learned the hard way today that they don’t make many infant-sized onesies in black. Unfortunately, the lesson will cost L a critical part of her bumblebee Halloween costume tomorrow when she makes a festive appearance at Powergirl’s work.
The scene of the epiphany: Target, of course. Powergirl dispatched me to pick up the last remaining [...]

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 [...]

For almost all of us new fathers, parenthood is uncharted territory—like Antarctica, the Major League Baseball Players Association and the soft yet supple buttocks of Evangeline Lilly. Well here, my friends, are the top ten signs you’re a new dad, presented Letterman-style in descending order. Got one to add? Feel free to do so in [...]