You can plan all you want, but things don’t always work out the way you want.That’s a solid life lesson there, but there’s nothing like this adventure called parenting to reinforce this notion – over and over again.Now, this is not to say a little bit of planning is not helpful because it is and… Read more »

Of all the sounds the youngest one among us makes, I think a raspberry might be my personal favorite. Under pretty much any circumstance, a well-executed raspberry from my 9-month-old, Carson, tickles my funny bone. It particularly gets me when a timely raspberry from Carson finishes off a sentence in a particularly intriguing fashion.The other… Read more »

Personal space is a foreign concept to me at this point. There’s basically no such thing and both my boys seem to enjoy reminding me of this fact at every turn. There are so many daily examples to illustrate the point, but a couple recent moments stand out today.— After a recent spell of sleepless… Read more »

Throughout the everyday adventures that permeate life with my boys, I have found myself questioning my maturing level.Thanks to my kids, I am fully aware how incredibly juvenile I can be. I consider this newfound coziness with my immature side to be a perk of having kids.The only problem is I am constantly trying to… Read more »

With the baby of the house, no two feedings are the same.It oftentimes depends on what he’s eating at any given time, but some feedings are more challenging than others and some take much longer than others.Carson can become quite stingy when it comes to fruits and certain vegetables. He loves them and rarely needs… Read more »

Parenting can be demanding at times, but taking the gang on the road takes it to another level. The “family truckster” headed north last weekend to New York City for a weekend visit with family, and, oh my, it sure was an interesting experience.I knew my kids, 2 years and 8 months, were too young… Read more »

All has returned to normal on the sleeping front around my house, although not without me having a few sizable adult meltdowns.Last week, my 2-year-old suddenly began despising his crib and fighting sleep with huge crying fits, screams and sounds like nothing I have ever heard. It was the type of outright squealing that left… Read more »

A new stage has rocked my house of late.My 2-year-old, Beckett, has developed an unfortunate aversion to going to bed.This is a big deal for us because this has never been an issue before. For about the last year, Beckett has let us know when he was ready for bed by often articulating it clearly…. Read more »

Toddlers can be moody and it’s usually easy to determine what kind of day it’s going to be first thing in the morning.From what I know about kids his age, I would rank Beckett on the more vocal side. At times, this is a great thing, but there are moments when his talkative nature can… Read more »

It’s amazing what you forget as a parent.My youngest Carson is now eating all sorts of baby food, and I’m dumbfounded how much I forgot about this amazing experience from my first go around, though it was just about 18 months ago.I chalk up this short-term memory loss to this parenting thing being a white-knuckle… Read more »