Blog - Dad Dispatches

Flying with Kids

The fairly-standard flight from Honolulu to LA departs at about 8:30 pm, and arrives the next morning at about 5:30 am. One of [...]

Belle was three years old the first time I took her backcountry skiing. Backcountry skiing with a toddler is a little different than, [...]

As of this writing, we are halfway through week five of our COVID-19 quarantine. With a four year-old and a 1.5 year-old. It [...]

So your toddler is now in her own bed. The big kid bed! In our case it was because she figured out how [...]

Newborns can basically do three things: eat, sleep, and poop. They’re kind of lame that way. And if your partner is breastfeeding, it [...]

If you haven’t been paying much attention to strollers lately (which is probably the case if this is your first kid), the picture [...]

Though it depends on your family and on your community, a newborn’s arrival often means that you’ll be receiving lots of visits from [...]

It’s pretty common for a child, particularly a toddler, to have a favorite parent. The parent they want to comfort them if they [...]

When my wife and I were considering having a second kid, some parents warned that the amount of time and effort raising kids [...]

Occasionally, you’ll talk to some friend who had the Sleeping Miracle Baby — the newborn who woke up once a night to feed [...]

The first week home with a new baby can feel really daunting. It reminds me of getting dropped off at college, or the [...]

After our first kid was born, it took us quite a while before my wife and I both spent a night away from [...]