SuburbanDaddy

Today is my 1st blog birthday! One year since my very first blog post. SuburbanDaddy started as an experiment, mainly as a way to share pictures and happenings in my kids lives with family who live across the country. I committed to sticking with it for a year to see how it [...]

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The cost when my kids go to college will be upwards of $100,000. And that’s for each kid! Better start saving now. That’s why I use Upromise.
In five years, we have made more than $600 for doing, well, nothing. All we did was sign up for a free account. Then, [...]

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Flu shots are usually pretty simple. A few seconds and they don’t even know what hit ‘em. For Thing 2, two and a half years old, it was an adventure this year.
I took him to the doctor’s office (Suburban Daddy is assigned all doctor visits where shots will be given) on a Monday [...]

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When new parents hear what to expect from parenthood, they know about the lack of sleep, added expenses, and time constraints. But what new parents don’t fully appreciate is just how disgusting parenting can be.
I’m not just talking of the dirty diapers and burping and spit ups a newborn goes through. That’s nothing [...]

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First, let me state for the record, that it is Suburban Mommy’s hand you see holding the bottle. I would never let a baby drink beer. I was, however, the one holding the camera. Does that make me an accomplice?
It started when Thing 3 put his fingers in the bottle, [...]

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Thing 2 reached a major milestone this week. The milestone has one of the biggest impacts on all of our lives. No, he isn’t potty trained (I wish!).
It was really two milestones which converged to create a perfect storm. First, he stopped sleeping in his crib. Not because we wanted him to, [...]

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At our house, meal planning is one of our great struggles. By our, I mean it is a struggle for Suburban Mommy, since she does 95% of the grocery shopping and meal preparation for the kids. My 5% struggle comes in when I get home at 6pm, after picking up the kids at [...]

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A comfort object can be an important part of a toddler’s emotional development. It can also be quite amusing, depending on the object.
We never experienced comfort objects with Thing 1. He isn’t really the sensitive, emotional type. We’re lucky when we get a goodnight hug from him. Thing 2 is the [...]

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