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We are trying, gently and carefully, to help T. learn to stay in her own bed all night long. She always wakes up every night, sometimes at 11:00, or 1:00, or 4…
There are literally hundreds, thousands (millions, if you want to get carried away) of reasons why having a kid/having kids is such an amazing, rewarding…
Last night I had a long and involved and very detailed dream about being pregnant again. In my dream I was not only pregnant, but pregnant with twin boys. My…
I walk my dog every morning (usually at some kind of ungodly hour). And, when we walk, I keep him on a leash. Yes, he’s fairly well trained, but he’s still a…
As K-Man and I watched the Stanley Cup Playoffs together, I started thinking.
For the better part of two years, I wrote a blog for a sports website. My…
After talking with a pregnant colleague the other day about the ups and downs of parenting two children AND juggling our chaotic lives (she's a…
I’ve never been accused of being a neat freak. Though most of the time I will probably put my dirty clothes into a hamper, I’m the first guy to leave jackets…
Every Monday through Thursday, my cell phone alarm rings promptly at 4:30. This is L.'s "homework alarm" and, although I usually end up having to push the…
As K-Man and I were hanging out today (at a firehouse, of course), I was somewhat taken aback by how he’s really, truly turning into a little boy. I know the…
I've written before about the mixed feelings I have over Facebook, and over how it seems to have taken over the lives of my students to such a degree that they…