The year in cakes We had a baby. Then we had some cakes. It's hard to sum up the first year of being a parent. It was, at various times, tiring and stressful and boring and exhilarating and hilarious and hard. Time moved slow, like a glacier, but also incredibly fast, like
Tempting fate at 33,000 feet: travelling with an infant Before Freddie was born, I told people I didn't think we'd take him anywhere for at least a year. I've watched friends who have had children basically spend the first months of their kid's life conducting a travelling roadshow, driving from place
Consumer Carnage: praise to the glory and the siren song of the stand-up activity centre The world of baby products is a world I was almost entirely unfamiliar with before we decided to have a baby. Now I can't escape it. The modern wonder of the internet means the second you search something like "what is a baby" or "wtf
Frequently asked questions about Matt, specifically, being a dad now Q: So, uh, how's it going? A: Geez, you're not wasting any time, are you? Couldn't you have started with a more straightforward question? Like, "damn, how about this weather?" or "big plans for the long weekend?" You know, small
Should you spend $1,800 on a "smart bassinet"? Hell, maybe Sleep has always been very important to me. I crave it. I enjoy it. I am quite good at it. Part of the reason I like working as a freelance writer is that I get to greatly limit the days where the harsh shrill of an alarm wakes me up.
The unexpected benefit of tracking your infant's every move Freddie, getting sleepy after defeating several members of the Sinister Six.The day after Freddie was born, Erin got a text from a coworker who had also just had a kid. "What app are you using?" he asked. This was a hard question to answer, because we had
I have little useful newborn advice beyond this: split shifts could save your life Freddie, the cake wanter.Freddie turned three months old this week. We had cake. So far, we've had cake for each of his monthly birthdays. We've had a lot of cake. Don't judge our decision to have this much cake. But anyway, the three-month
My baby's best friend is a ceiling fan, and other things I've learned from two months of parenting The ceiling fan, and its #1 fan.My son Freddie was born on December 15, 2021. Ever since time has moved both very fast and very slow. People ask how it's going — this whole being-a-parent thing — and I still don't really know how to answer. It
