daddy in a strange land

@ milkbank: ain’t no fun when mama’s sick

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:30:00 -0700

Like everybody else, it seems, we’ve been dealing with that ubiquitous cold that’s been going around [I blame The Pumpkin’s preschool, germy little kids]. La dra.’s been going it alone sans medicine [sweet, sweet, symptom-relieving medicine]—for the reason why, go check out my latest post on the Milkbank.com blog, and chime in.

@ milkbank: holy crap, only 1 month left to get her used to the bottle

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:50:51 -0700

We took our first roadtrip with the two kiddos this past weekend. I promise, more on that to come here once I get my ass in gear, but one of the takeaways from surviving my first outings with both kids and no mama was the realization that I need The Button to get used to the bottle, and quick, since la dra.’s going back to work in a month. I’m writing about that over on the Milkbank blog today, so check it out.

@ milkbank: reading is fun-damental

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 06:15:47 -0800

Some recent articles have sparked me thinking about reading and kids, and I’m over on the Milkbank blog today spouting off about it. Most of you know me well enough to know the kind of person I am vis-a-vis books and reading—the kind of nerd who puts down “reading” when asked for a hobby, the kind of uncle who gives books for children’s presents, the kind of homeowner whose crowning glory (beyond his kitchen) is the built-in bookcases. I was taking The Pumpkin to storytimes in her infant carseat set into her stroller, and I’ll be doing the same with The Button soon enough. So go check out my post on Milkbank, and enjoy this videographic evidence that I must be doing something right.

@ milkbank: being a parent patient advocate

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:22:54 -0800

It’s been a few weeks now since The Button’s bout with omphalitis and her week-long hospital stay [and yes, I’ve decided to go with “The Button” as her nom de blog, just because I like the parallel construction with “The Pumpkin”], and she’s doing amazing. Eating a lot, growing—a happy baby—you couldn’t tell she’d ever been sick enough to have to stay in the hospital for a week. But that experience has left me with lasting lessons, and I’m writing about them over on the Milkbank blog today, so go check it out.

my milkbank brings all the boys to the yard

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:03:19 -0800

I’m happy to announce that I’ve started blogging (at least twice weekly) on the new Milkbank blog, a new parenting blog hosted by the makers of a new storage and feeding system for pumped breastmilk. I’m currently the only dadblogger on board and I’m proud to be in the company of some great and familiar names in the parentblogging community. Check out last week’s launch/intro post to find out more about what it is and who’s there, go read my introductory post, and then come back often for more parentbloggy goodness.

[My post title brought to you by this. Heh.]