Babble

How do you stretch a three hour nap over a four and a half hour flight...you don't It has taken some time to get this down on paper. I think in reflection it is easier to find some humor in it. My predictions of an ill-fated plane ride home though dramatic, were pretty much on the mark. But really...

So I don't have any horror stories yet to tell but we are only through day two of a seven day trip. I was so wound up by the time we were ready to leave for the airport that I wasn't sure I could handle screaming baby / evil passenger drama. Ty and I had been to a doctor's appointment that...

Somehow I have this fear and dread about our trip. Did we mention that we're going out of town? Finally, we have decided no matter what Ty's future is with us, that we are going to make this little guy officially a part of our family. He will be introduced to our extended families, thus the non...

Crying. I hate to cry. Hate. My son cries at the drop of a hat. Periodically I notice tears on his face and remember that just 30 seconds ago he was trying to tell me something, some unfortunate thing I had done or failed to do for him: need food Da-da, need sleep, need diaper changing, need you to pick...

I don't like it when my son is afraid. What parent does? I remember the few times that I inadvertently frightened him and made him cry. I am kind of a softy so it was a little mortifying. But I quickly learned that I could turn his fear on its ear. In our kitchen is a clock with large numerals and...

Apparently dads in the U.K. think that David Beckham is some sort of superdad, and frankly, they don't like it. Recent polls show that many dads in the U.K. are feeling more pressure to spend time with their families and the guy that they are looking to for inspiration is Becks. Really? Sure, David...

I am not really worried about our son's speech development, even if I am reminded by physicians that statistically speaking, he's behind. I live with the little guy everyday. If his vocalizations were not growing more frequent and more complex over time, then I might be concerned, but it just...

I was one of those kids with the Vienna Choirboys kind of voice. I loved to sing. In my little elementary school every teacher had me perform for their class. At the pinnacle of my fame, I was the target of ridicule from classmates but more so from my siblings who were mortified by the fact that their...

We are Darrow, Juan and Ty. We are two Dads and a pre-toddler. We are an interracial couple with a bi-racial baby and three hodge-podge breed big dogs. We are as close to married as the law allows. We are diaper changing, baby fo od flinging, bottle juggling newbie dads who sometimes trip up one another...

Hey! Want to see some appalling gender sterotypes perpetuated on the small screen? I mean, that is why you watch TV, isn't it? After all, mocking the highly over-dramatized choices people appear to be making on "reality" TV is sooo satisfying , don't you think? So mix a townful of blundering...