Babble

Our daughter is 11 weeks old and already we have had people tell us not to leave it too long before having another. We have no plans for another child ever and it's none of their damn business anyway. I have also had checkout operators tell me that I would be selfish not to give her a sibling. She was...

I think we get the best of both worlds living in Brooklyn. Our neighborhood is small enough where I feel like I know my neighbors but big enough to have all the conveniences of a big city. On my block, I have a great restaurant, a cute coffee shop, a drycleaners, and a bunch of boutiques. Not to mention...

We chose to have the doctor -- or technician i guess -- write the sex of our baby-in-progress down on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope that we opened over dinner. I like that approach -- it creates a little bit of ceremony around the sex discovery process, but also enables you to plan. Some...

My own parents are great folks and did a great job of raising me, which is why I am the indisputably wonderful person I am today. But my wife and I have, of course, made some choices about our own children that differ from the ones my parents made with me and my sister. Two come to mind. The first is...