SuburbanDaddy

Another dad sings about “all the crying and the whining” that’s part of putting kids to bed. I couldn’t have said it any better…

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At two months old, Thing 3 is able to smile. It’s a major milestone for parents. This bundle, aka blob, of joy that has done nothing but eat/cry/sleep/poop for two months, is now aware of his surroundings and able to interact with us. Everyone comes up to him now and tries to [...]

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When Thing 1 and Thing 2 are in hyper-mode, like after they’ve had a bowl of ice cream and we’re trying to get them to bed, it’s near impossible to calm them down. Sometimes, I play a game where I tell them to give me their “sillies”, and I pretend to put them in [...]

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Here’s a brief glimpse into Suburban Daddy’s world. This was last Sunday morning around 8am. Understandably, your first reaction will be oh, how cute. And, taken out of context, I would agree. But imagine this started at 5:45am, and went on all day long. Then imagine it kept repeating, day [...]

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This weekend was the first “game” in our mini-soccer league. Soccer is way more popular than when I was growing up. It’s the first organized sport kids can play, starting at age 3, though I use the term organized loosely.
Mini soccer works like this…each kid brings his own ball and wears shin guards. [...]

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The most popular word in a three year old’s vocabulary is ‘why’. It has been estimated that every fourth word out of their mouths is ‘why’. Also very popular are ‘what are you doing?’ and ‘what’s that?’ At this age, kids are human sponges, eager to take in any and all information [...]

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My toddler at 19 months has a large vocabulary for someone his age. I know, all parents say that. But he really does know a lot of words, and is able to identify scores of animals. Except one. He dutifully goes page by page in the picture book, enthusiastically calling out [...]

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