The language explosion has come for my eldest. By 18 months he already understood most of what we said to him and some of what we said to each other. But, the explosion made him quicker to repeat words that we said to him. Some words he could pronounce well, some not so well. In [...]

My little boys are like a couple of sponges. They spend a lot of time taking it all in. My youngest – 7 weeks old – is an avid face watcher who can follow movement, hit at the things on his mobile, and who likes to smile and move his mouth in response to those [...]

My wife and I had two children fairly close together so that they could share life’s experiences together, and hopefully, end up as best friends. Our eldest was 15 months old when our littlest one was born. It always brings a smile to my face looking at my 15 month old and thinking that he’s [...]

Having a baby can, at times seem like having a Tazmanian Devil (at least the one in the cartoons). All things are in motion and things go flying as babies interact with their environment. Parents tend to be immovable objects, and as such tend to interact differently with the baby storm. Here’re my top five: [...]

There was a time before I was married, when my future wife and I were dating, that we noticed we were both into music. Into music from the perspective of having boxes of CDs (you remember those!?) where if you pulled up a random CD case we could tell you the songs on it and [...]

For some reason, the image of bronzed shoes sticks in my mind. Who does that? That being said, the little shoes are cool in the same way a miniature city is. How’d they do that? Mini versions of the shoes that I wear. Cool! But, with all the costs associated with raising a child, cool [...]

Reading and eating. These are two things that go well together. Catching up on news at a coffee bar, fits the bill if, like me, you consider coffee a food. In fact, I had a teacher in middle school who would deduct points if you didn’t have food on your papers. (It apparently showed hard [...]

My wife and I have been struggling with a word: “no”. Reflexively, this word comes out when we know it shouldn’t. Baby books, will say that you should avoid saying “no” too often. Why? Probably to avoid having a situation like the dog named “stay” (an old Steve Martin joke)… “Come here, ‘Stay’. Saying No [...]

Baby memories take a new form today that they have in the past (I’m sure). Photos are digital and far more available and sharable than ever before. And, video is heading down the same path. But, is there still a role for paper among all these technological marvels? Here are my five: DVD: I still [...]

Video conferencing always seemed really cool. I remember seeing 2001, A Space Odyssey a bunch of years back. The calls back home seemed to be very futuristic. They also seemed to be very expensive. This was verified by my high tech work where invariably there was a room outfitted with some pretty expensive gear that brought [...]