218. Be patient with her. In doing so, you will teach her that she’s worth waiting for. (photo: Andrew Kuo)

I don't have to tell you how excited I was when The Wifey started her job and I started staying home through the weekdays. This is only the second week of the role shift, but the excitement of that first day still burns hot in me. I have missed out ...

This weekend there were a number of things working against me. It was cold and rainy for the first time after a lovely but too-short summer; our dinner party was a raving success and so inevitably we are coming down into that post party-nothing-to-look-forward-to slump; the boys have converged in ...

When we start out the front door I know what kind of situation I’m dealing with but I also know they need the walk. It is cold outside but we are all bundled up nicely with toques and gloves to go with our winter jackets. We have been getting outside ...

I’m having one of those mornings that would be unbearable had I not had a great night’s sleep. I was up early to get coffee going but then fell asleep on the couch and was late to get Beautiful up to go to work. My first cup of coffee was ...

Dear Mr. Dad: I love spending quality time with my two-year-old, but occasionally he throws a tantrum that seems to come right out of the blue. It embarrasses me in public and frustrates me at home. How should I respond to his unreasonable anger? A: We...

When they are babies you have to do all the work but the clean up is usually pretty easy and the whole process of feeding, getting dressed, or in and out of the car is a smooth, efficient process. As the kids get older they start feeding themselves, picking out and putting ...

5:30 is anticipated in this house like nothing else. There are other important times in the day that have more weight with the boys like lunch and nap time. When we need to leave for school, or to go back and pick Primo up is another closely watched time but ...

An old post from when I was the stay-at-homer, just after Segundo was born: I think of myself as a much better parent than I actually am. In the past when I saw frustrated mothers wrenching the arms of petulant children in the aisles of grocery stores, I shook my ...

I am not sure how long ago it started but it feel like it has been weeks now. I think I first noticed it early last week when I was getting out of bed. That slow stretch before pealing back the blankets and swinging my legs to the edge of ...