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A Fluff Piece About How Awesome My Kid Is… (sorry)
Two things I hope this post doesn’t come across as: First, that I’m bragging. I am not. I am eternally grateful and fully aware how lucky we are. Second, that I’m jinxing anything. But, man, we got ourselves a sweet-tempered … Continue reading
A Cat and Her Bo–well… A Cat and Her Boy’s Things To Sit On
I’ve written about the ever-evolving relationship between the dog and the boy, but have not yet written about the evolving relationship between the cat and the boy. Ha ha ha. Evolving. Well, maybe I’m being unfair as there does seem … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged cats, dogs, living together, mass hysteria!
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Dear Jackrabbit #17 — Milestones and your dad talks about food (again)
Dear Jackrabbit, You’ve recently had your four-month health check and we’re happy to say that all boards are green. You’re still hitting every developmental mark like a champ, and you appear to be in picture perfect health. We couldn’t be … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Jackrabbit, Fatherly Advice, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Food, glorious food
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Being the “Older Dad” (part 1 of probably a lot of similar entries in the future…)
Making a short entry today–claiming Birthday Privilege for being a little lazy for one day. Yes, my birthday was yesterday, but I think I can carry the privilege forward one day. Do I regret being a new dad at 50? … Continue reading
Posted in Fatherly Advice, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged ageism, not his grandfather, Poppa
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On Accepting Advice and Help
I recently posted an image on Facebook of young Jack sleeping with a caption that read something along the lines of “Finally! Everyone, shush! Sssshhhhh!” Jack is going through an increasingly vocal stage and had, that day, been resistant to … Continue reading
Posted in Fatherly Advice, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, help, it takes a village, people are great, sleeping
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Dear Jackrabbit #16 — Get That Out of Your Mouth
Dear Jackrabbit, You’re at that age now (nearly four months!) in which you’re putting everything into your mouth. Like, everything. It’s kind of weird, son. I won’t lie to ya. Your mother says it’s completely normal and it’s one of … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Jackrabbit, Fatherly Advice, Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Everything is wet!
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Impostor Parents
Stop. Put the phone down. No one has to call the authorities. I’m not talking about actual impostors replacing Margaret or myself. This topic is more on the concept of the “impostor syndrome” and how it might apply to parenting–at … Continue reading
Looking at 2017 Resolutions…
I’ve never been a big adherent to the idea of New Years resolutions. They always seemed a bit arbitrary in their timing, and, perhaps because so, more susceptible to failure. For years, therefore, I’ve not taken part in the ritual. … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged 2017, declutter, new year, purge, taking care
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A Baby Lives Here
Yeah, a baby lives here. How can you tell? Just look around at the piles of baby blankets, toys, and other baby accessories. There is the line of bottles waiting to be washed, and the line of bottles that have … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Baby stuff, bottles, dogs, minor chaos, piles of clothes
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Jack’s First Christmas
Happy Post-Christmas! Our first year with Jack at Christmas was quite the success. Oh, there was a lot of work to be done and there were definite challenges to getting all of the usual Christmas prep done with a new … Continue reading