Monthly Archives: October 2013

Night Terrors

I’m pretty sure Joshua has night terrors [see note below for addendum!]. It’s as fun as it sounds. This has happened to us a smattering of times, but a recent event really settled it that this must be what’s going

Posted in Advice, Gripe

The Darth Dilemma

Star Wars is a very different thing for kids today than it was for me. It’s not that Star Wars wasn’t marketed out the wazoo when I was little… but that marketing is much more faceted. In addition to standard

Posted in General, Love

No

There’s a thing I hear all the time from grandparents (though not from either of our parents, actually, at least not to our faces) that always makes me a little crazy. Stories about kids not wanting to wear pull-ups to

Posted in Gripe

Full Dad

I’ve referenced it recently, but Joshua got sick not too long ago. As I was carrying him around, he was resting his head on my shoulder and began to throw up all over the place. I like to think I’m

Posted in Advice

The Funny Guy

Much of this will be preamble, but I think it’s necessary to really set up the situation at the end. It’s been a rough week. Rough for everyone in the family, and rough for Daddy in a different way. I

Posted in Gripe, Love

Playing Dumb

Joshua loves to ask the same question over and over again. Dozens of times. Over many days. I’m not sure why it is. He has an excellent memory and will regularly bring up small details about events that happened as

Posted in Advice