All posts in 6-9 months old
Expensive Organic Baby Food Made a Sucker Out of Me
Like every new parent, I’ve vowed to always feed my baby healthy food. Also, like every parent, this via will inevitably be broken at some point. “I’m never taking my kid to McDonald’s” will soon become, “I’m never taking my [...]
The 22-Second Rule and How It Will Change Your Life
Once Rosalie started crawling, nearly every parent I know said the same thing, “Your life as you know it is over.” I feel like this is one of those things that parents only say because another parent told it to [...]
The Best Part of My Day Might Depress You
I used to dread 5:47 p.m. every day. Well, it wasn’t exactly 5:47 p.m. every single day, but it was always somewhere around that time. The reason for this daily dread? This is when we dress Rosalie for bed. So, [...]
How Hard Can Teaching a Baby To Crawl Be? (VIDEO)
Teaching a baby to crawl? Here’s what some of the “experts” tell you to do: 1. Put your kid on the floor. 2. Buy a roller or make one by rolling up a towel. 3. Position their elbows so that they [...]
I’m Pretty Sure They Got the Meaning of the Fourth of July Wrong
I’m not sure if it’s Paul Revere’s fault or somebody over at Hallmark, but heads need to roll over this whole labeling of the Fourth of July as “Independence Day.” Seriously, I think they got the meaning of our biggest [...]
Baby Bumped Head. Dad Ponders Firefighting Career.
I swear my baby has never bumped her head while her mother is home. Rosalie has an uncanny ability to sit there and not bump her head for hours upon hours, but as soon as my wife goes to work [...]
How to Be a Great Father (to a Baby)
When it comes to dads, all we really want to know is how to be a great father. We’ll spend time reading about the importance of sleep habits and nod our way through conversations about the intricacies of breastfeeding, but [...]
Driving While Dad: You’re Doing It Wrong.
One of the most surprising parts about getting your own baby is the vast difference in how fast you drive to the hospital when your wife is in labor compared to how slow you drive on the way home once [...]