Names are interesting. And confusing.
I met a woman in Iowa who has five brothers and one sister. Her five brothers are named after Biblical characters whose names begin with J.James, John, Jesse, Jude, and Joshua.Her…
The Name Game
My daughter, Clara, turned seven on Monday. Tomorrow we host a birthday party for friends and family. I was telling Clara stories about the day she was born, and this story…
Cruelest joke of 2015 involved a beautiful new baby and Bill Cosby
One of the best ideas that I heard in all of 2015 was this:When a friend of mine gave birth to her first child, one of her friends sent her…
Wigs for bald, baby girls are a thing now. Stupid parents have been around forever.
There are wigs for babies now. Designed for parents (mothers) who are tired of listening to strangers refer to their bald, baby girls with masculine pronouns, Baby Bangs seeks to…
The post partum tummy is not a taboo in Actual Town, USA.
Tom Sykes of The Daily Beast reports on Kate Middleton’s busting of what he refers to as one of the last taboos of pregnancy: Kate Middleton stood up for new…
Another fan of Charlie’s feet
My wife thinks our son’s tiny feet are cute as hell. She is not alone. Most women, and especially mothers, are surprisingly obsessed with baby feet. Charlie’s feet are often…
The Baby Whisperer
My father-in-law is a baby whisperer, at least when it comes to my son. This is not the first time he has garnered this level of focused joy from Charlie.
