“Is he sleeping through the night yet?”It’s a question I have been asked a lot lately from people I know and others who apparently recognize me from that mug shot above. In my first rambling in this space, I wrote about being sleep deprived. With a newborn, the fact is rest is not something parents… Read more »

In my line of work, it’s a little embarrassing to say I am learning a whole new vocabulary these days, but it’s true. Call it just one of the many benefits from having a newborn in the house.Whether this new set of vocabulary terms is increasing my intelligence I don’t know, but I am much… Read more »

Hitting the beach once meant grabbing a towel and off I went. To say that’s not the case any longer, with a 16-week-old baby, is a major understatement.It used to be so simple to just grab and go to the beach. I have found myself reflecting on those days lately because they seem like a… Read more »

My son is already laughing at me.In my book, when it comes to this parenting thing, our baby’s laugh and smile rank as some of the most memorable moments. Both come in all shapes and sizes, accompanied by some odd sounds, and can surface at the strangest times, but no matter when they occur, they… Read more »

I have always loved Saturdays.It’s my favorite day of the week, edging out Sundays by a hair during football season, but Saturdays do not mean today what they once did.Growing up, it was the day of the week that provided a chance to sleep in after getting up early all week for school. That, of… Read more »

I used to really like to eat. It was a pleasure and sometimes even a sin, depending on what was in front of me. These days meals are something to finish as soon as possible because there’s always something else more important going on, namely my 3-month-old baby.As recent as three months ago, as a… Read more »