I haven’t written much on Dazed Dad recently – but there’s been a lot going on with our family. We’ve moved from Ashland, Oregon; I start my job as Associate Pastor at Winnetka Presbyterian Church in Winnetka, Illinois tomorrow morning, and we just did a 3,000 mile, 10 day road trip with our family in […]
Caleb is 16 Months Old: Photos & Video
Caleb became 16 months old a few weeks ago…I’m sure people get sick of new parents saying this, but “WOW! Time flies!” Can’t believe he’s been with us for 16 months already. I wanted to just share a few of my favorite photos in this post, and then leave you with a video that I […]
A Fatherhood of Joy & Grief: My First Podcast
A few weeks ago, I agreed to do my very first interview for Sherry Muterspaugh Walling and her Parenting Reimagined podcast. I’ve often turned down requests for podcast interviews because I don’t think on my feet as well as sitting down to write a blog post. However, I did want to share Micah, Judah and Caleb’s story […]
Best iPhone Tip for Parents: Guided Access Mode
Yesterday I learned about one of the most amazing iPhone Tips/Tricks that I am embarrassed to say I had no idea existed. And if you’re a parent who has a baby/toddler/whatever who likes to take your iPhone and play with it, this is going to be the most amazing iPhone tip you’ve heard recently. It’s […]
Sometimes The Stupidest Things Are the Best
This is the Baby Soother App (it comes for the iPhone & the iPad). It doesn’t really do much, especially the free version. If you just get the free version, you see a minimally-animated screen of penguins waddling around, and a couple cheesy nursery rhymes that sound like old midi files that rotate through in the […]
Baby Advice from Strangers
Just in case you haven’t seen it yet, you need to go over to McSweeney’s and read “Hello Stranger on the Street, Could You Please Tell Me How to Take Care of My Baby?” Okay. Did you read it yet? I wasn’t joking. Go read it. One of my favorite paragraphs from the article is […]
Caleb’s Evolution of Eating and My Annoyance with Messy Babies
A few days ago, Caleb decided he didn’t want to eat from his spoon anymore. … That was awesome. He had been doing great while we were on vacation, and was eating a ton. And then, a couple days after getting back, he just started crying, fussing and really not wanting to eat any of […]
Crying it Out and Doing Things You Wouldn’t Think You’d Do
We let Caleb cry for 12 minutes last night. And at some points, he was really losing it. At other points, it was more of a whimper…but we let him cry. If you asked us seven and a half months ago if we would let Caleb “cry it out” – we would have said no. […]
Oh yah…I have a DOG too!
I think it was a couple weeks ago that I looked over at Sadie, and thought to myself…”Oh yah…I have a DOG too!” Sarah does a better job with Sadie than I do, and I’ll admit that between work, coming home, cleaning up, spending time with Caleb, etc., I tend to forget that we have […]
The Only Constant is Change
Parenting is hard. Like. Really hard. I don’t think you can ever fully have a grasp of what it is like…until it happens to you. And as I am sitting here tonight at 10:22pm, listening to Caleb start to slam his legs up and down in the crib, the first thing that came into my […]