This is a recent anecdote I wanted to share. It opened my eyes, and stirred up some bitterness as well.
I had my tonsils out when I was 20. On spring break from college, I came home for a tonsillectomy. I wanted to be in the Bahamas with my girlfriends, but I had a running case [...]
I thought I’d briefly share some thoughts after our five-month-old son’s first visit to the emergency room. He had an attack of croup Friday night. Well, really, it was early Saturday morning, and we had to drive over to the ER at 2:30 a.m.
I’ve been away from this blog for a while as my daughter recuperated from surgery. Over the course of her hospital stay, we encountered some weirdness, and I’m curious as to whether I am merely sleep-deprived and stressed, or whether this was really irrational. This is the group to ask.
My daughter’s surgery was predicted to result [...]
There’s a great local legend where I live, in the Los Angeles area. A local restaurant serves a salad that is supposed to make overdue women go into labor. It is called “The Salad.” And it’s delicious. Even if you are not expecting a baby, I recommend it! The restaurant [...]
So, your 10 best friends and their babies get together for a play date.
Talk turns from poops to sleep and eight of your friends tell you that their
3-4 month old babies sleep through the night. Sleep through the night!!!
Don’t believe it. Ask lots of questions:
I’ve always been a skeptical person, even as a child. When my Dad explained the idea of Santa Claus to me, I pointed out that we didn’t have a fireplace for Santa to enter. Then I did some research and compared my Dad’s handwriting to the sample Santa left next to the cookies, and that [...]
Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics, gave a fascinating talk about car seats. Apparently, for kids over the age of two, car seats don’t really work much better than the regular old seat belts that are in our cars—free!
I’m a huge fan of Levitt, and getting to see him, in all his nerdly lispiness, is really a [...]