^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com February 22, 2014}

Today marks one full year since I started blogging at BabyCenter. My first official entry was about reading to your kids. Since then, my son has turned two and we’ve added a baby girl to the mix. Reading still remains important, and there’s a lot more I’ve learned over the past year.

^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com January 24, 2014}

My wife had a singing engagement, so I was left alone with two kids who took turns crying for two and a half hours straight.

Uncontrollable sobbing is a good way to make a parent feel useless, especially in men since we lack the magic boobies that calm infants down. But in the end, it’s not that big a deal.

^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com October 10, 2013}

You need to talk to your kids about sex, and you need to do it earlier than you might think.

^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com January 21, 2014}

My son was in a particularly whiny mood one night and wanted a story about dinosaurs and trains. Our e-copy of All Aboard the Dino Train by Deb Lund and Howard Fine was unavailable and everybody in the house was exhausted. Desperate for the sweet release of bedtime, I crafted the following impromptu story, which has since become a big hit with my son. (It turns out that two-year-olds have odd tastes.)

^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com November 15, 2013}

I’ve been in hibernation for a couple of weeks as my body adjusts to the sudden lack of sleep and deprivation of freedom that accompanies any newborn.

It is, of course, totally worth it.

^{Originally published on BabyCenter.com November 1, 2013}

My wife has given birth without painkillers for a second time. This terrifies me, because I don’t know what else she might be capable of.

Originally published on BabyCenter.com October 23, 2013

I have discovered a way to make my son do what I want, and it involves using funny voices.