Not only is Charlee turning two this weekend, but it will also mark an entire year since I wrote a blog entry. AN ENTIRE YEAR! Well, there goes my commitment, eh? Suffice it say, I have many excuses, but I’ll phrase them anecdotally to show just what kind of a year it’s been. I reread my posting of the 12… Read more →
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12 Months of Charlee: The 12 Things I’ve Learned in my First Year of Parenting
So, what better way to celebrate a year of Charlee then to reflect back on getting here and what I’ve learned. It’s really interesting and almost comical sometimes when I look back on the older posts in my blog, where I have advice or recommendations that I’m providing. There was nothing wrong with those, but often they reveal a Dad… Read more →
Long time no…. type?
Hello, my name is Dad. Remember me? Come now, it’s only been a month… and a week… or two… I remember speaking with a fellow blogger during the earlier days of my site and she mentioned that she was so impressed with the fact that I could dedicate so much time to typing out blog entries while having a little… Read more →
Bonding with Charlee through Infant Massage
The first time we met Carolynn, I was still on my parental leave, and Becca and I were taking Charlee to her first mummy group. 8 mums, 8 babies, and 1 dad (yours truly) sat around in a circle in the basement of one of the neighbourhoods oldest churches, and Carolynn got right into it. She welcomed us all to the class,… Read more →
Beer and Cookies to the Rescue!
I knew it would happen! I logged in today and realized that it’s been almost an entire month since I’ve blogged. I had read somewhere that the best way to keep yourself honest was to assign a writing day. Let me just say, that aside from showing up to work every day, I can hardly commit to much more! Just… Read more →
HMNID’s best and…er… ‘least best’ things about parenthood
I think I’m almost there. I haven’t quite had the moment yet, but I feel like it’s on the horizon. Referring to my daughter is so much more casual now; the words actually sound right. I still push, but even with the help of Jimmy Fallon’s book, it hasn’t materialized yet. Nearly seven months in and still almost every day brings… Read more →
My 6 Month Epiphany
We were over at a friends house, painting Easter eggs this weekend, when Becca asked our friend, a mother of 2, for advice on a feeding question about Charlee. Her response both amused me and made me think. “I’m no expert, I’ve only done it twice.” While she wasn’t trying to be coy, she did bring up an interesting perspective. Just… Read more →
VLOG – Charlee is 6 months old!
Our little munchkin is getting bigger… seriously bigger… like nearly 19 pounds of happy baby goodness! Charlee is 6 months old and we couldn’t be prouder – eating solids, sitting up right, new bigger diapers…. oh the things we celebrate 😉 Enjoy the VLOG – short and sweet today, but much more to follow! Read more →
How Quickly We Forget – The Halo Effect and Dad’s with PTSD
Becca was telling me the other day about how she has been starting to feel a little… different. “Different?”, I asked, “what do you mean?” She went on to say that theres a certain amount of structure in our lives now, that she feels more prepared and in control of how things are. Yet at the same time, that preparedness… Read more →
Top 4 Things Parenting a 4 Month Old Has Taught Me
Sure its a bit of a ‘bait and click’ approach, but hey, who doesn’t like a good top something list?! In order to celebrate 4 months of Charlee, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight 4 of the more crucial takeaways I have at this point in my fatherhood journey. I could easily have written a top 44 list, but I’m… Read more →