Are we a mini-van family?It was a question my wife and I confronted a couple months ago while shopping for a new vehicle. In the end, we decided we were not at this point, but it was not an easy call because mini-vans have come a long way.When I was growing up, I was a… Read more »

There are moments when you just have to laugh when it comes to raising a child. It’s one of the blessings of being a parent, and I have learned early on in this adventure that a sense of humor can go a long way in dealing with some of the strange events that take place… Read more »

Of late, giving my son a bath is one of the highlights of my day.Bath time is typically my department around the house. After my wife has cared for our boy for much, if not all, of the day, the least I can do is give her some free time to work out, read, get… Read more »

Like most parents, we only want the best for our baby, and five-and-a-half months into this parenting thing, it’s easy to see how things can get out of hand quickly if you ride that approach too far.Besides the obvious good health, happiness and all that other corny crap all parents desire for their kids, there’s… Read more »

If you take a little one enough places, you are bound to have some interesting experiences and encounters, many of which deal with how unique some people respond to babies. Some of these reactions, some funny, others genuine, deserve a little rehashing. It’s the kind of stuff you could not make up if you tried…. Read more »

We spent our first night away from our little man last weekend, and it appeared to be much harder on the parents than the child.Back in early summer, we purchased tickets to a show at the Hippodrome in Baltimore, figuring by the time our baby was five months old we would be comfortable spending a… Read more »

My five-month-old has a girlfriend.It seems a love affair, albeit one-sided, has developed between our Beckett and Dora the Explorer. We are not exactly sure how to take it at such a young age, but it seems harmless at this point. He is equally fascinated with Dora’s cousin, Diego, who has his own cartoon “Go… Read more »

I read a column recently that got me looking ahead to 18 years from now.In his column in The Baltimore Sun on Aug. 26, columnist Dan Rodricks wrote a column my wife brought to my attention because it made her cry. Later in the day, I had a similar reaction to the piece, which dealt… Read more »

Further evidence of our little man growing up at a clip far too fast for his parents was his entrance earlier this month into the world of solids, or at least some mushy stuff resembling food.The first couple days of this new experience were not pretty. Rather than swallowing the oatmeal cereal-formula mix, he was… Read more »

We got our first formal family pictures taken a few weeks back, thanks to a church directory photo op with Olan Mills. It was an interesting and memorable experience, even if the photos leave a little to be desired of the parents.The problems with the finished product revolved around my wife and I being overly… Read more »