Category Archives: parenthood
Friday Recommends: Up All Night
Gob Bluth and Veronica Corningstone, parents. x The dustbin of history is littered with bad parenting sitcoms. “Baby Talk.” “Family Matters.” “My Two Dads.” “Baby Bob.” “Small Wonder.” (You remember this one. It was the one where a family created … Continue reading
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Catching Up
We’ve been remiss in our posting of late. Forgive our negligence and allow us to do a little catching up. 1. We have yet to sell our house. We have had three open houses and numerous showings at this point, … Continue reading
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Sam Turns One
I can’t believe you made me wait a year for cake. x Today is Sam’s birthday. How quickly time flies. One year ago he was born at Christ Hospital. It is a blur, now, to recall all the surreal details. We … Continue reading
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On Being The Parent Of A Sick Child
x Kids get sick all the time. Sam has been, by all accounts, an extremely healthy baby. No birth complications. No ER trips. Clean bill of health with every check-up. The occasional cold and one ear infection, but that’s it. … Continue reading
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Guest Post: “You Will Ache”
Today’s guest post on parenting comes from Scott Guldin. Scott has previously critiqued “Lost” for us; he is also one-half of the creative juggernaut that is the FishGuts Podcast. He does an amazing Aaron Neville impression and never once said … Continue reading
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Sam: The Sixth Month Mark
Sam turned six months on Thursday. Several people have commented from recent photos that he’s gotten to be very big very fast. They are not wrong. We’ll find out next Tuesday exactly what percentile he falls into for height and … Continue reading
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Things Sam Will Never Know
Stacy Johnson at Money Talks News compiles a list of “30 Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never Know.” Among them are already endangered cultural artifacts like video tape, dial-up internet and paper maps. Hard to argue with those. Others, … Continue reading
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Random Thoughts on Fatherhood: Four Months
1. Wednesdays have been my weekday off for the past four years. My routine rarely varied: I woke up, took our MacBook and a good book (or two) to a coffee shop, and hung out there as long as I … Continue reading
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Special Matt Masterson Edition of Friday Recommends: Fatherhood
You may recall that previous guest blogger Matt Masterson has no soul, but he does have something else now: a baby. In a continuing series on guest parenting posts, Matt shares what it’s like to be a new dad as … Continue reading
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Lait, Baby Lait
Ben and I drove Sam (Sam didn’t have money for cab fare) to his four-month appointment on Tuesday. He behaved great, smiled and cooed for the doctor, and then, he behaved as well as any baby behaves while being twice … Continue reading
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