Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
The main entries from That Poore Baby that chronicle having a baby, being a new dad and learning how to parent on the fly.
Have you ever looked at someone’s professional newborn photos and wondered what all the other photos looked like? You know, the ones when the baby is crying or peeing all over the lovely props. Back when stupid cameras used stupid film the photographer was very frugal with the stupid shutter…
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A few weeks ago I complained about some companies that make baby items with labels and tags that are sometimes larger than the items they are attached to. I called out a few of them on Twitter, and Aden + Anais was actually cool enough to play along after my…
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I, like most people, usually use social media for evil. Things like blatant self-promotion, stalking potential employers or wasting time that could be used to make the world a better place. You know, your standard, basic everyday online fun. So imagine my surprise when I figured out that I could…
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There have been some big moments in the last year: finding out we were having a baby, having said baby and then hanging out with aforementioned said baby. If you’re keeping score, that’s a lot of baby. So it should come as no surprise that we would want a little…
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Obviously, having a newborn is a huge challenge and any item within your grasp becomes the most important thing in the universe at that moment in time. That being said, there are a few things that keep popping up that have become the all stars of our household. Here are…
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Wow, time flies when you’re having fun. Now don’t get me wrong, it also flies when you have a baby… just in two hour increments. Have I mentioned how much I like sleeping with the light on? It’s soooooo the bestest. So where was I? Oh yeah, our little Popeye…
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Babies aren’t known as big readers, nor are they usually swayed by brand names, so why all the labels on baby stuff? There are labels for clothing, labels for toys, labels for towels and sometimes even labels for the labels. Now, I’m not a total idiot and I do realize…
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So the other day, when it was my turn to change the diaper, I unsnapped the onesie and pulled it up to get me some backstage access. I immediately noticed that the cord stump was gone. After looking around for a bit I shrugged, completed my stellar maintenance tuneup and…
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My last two and a half weeks have been awash in baby poop. People assure me that babies actually have organs and regular human interiors, but I am beginning to believe that everyone is wrong. Due to my studies thus far, I have estimated that babies are 8% pee, 11%…
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Connor is a quarter Chinese (via Jamaica), so we thought it would be cool to document his Chinese Zodiac and see what the future has in store for our little bugger… Disclaimer: I have zero to no idea how to interpret the Chinese Zodiac so I did my best. Any…
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If I thought there was a lot to learn when we were expecting then imagine my surprise now that I have a newborn to contend with. Simple pleasures like reading time (also known as toiley time), taking a shower and fixing something to eat now involve a complex spreadsheet and…
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When we first started thinking about trying to get pregnant we came across some pregnancy time lapse videos on YouTube. Some of them are super awesome, some are super cheesy and a few are super cheesy-awesome. After watching every single one we could find I thought, how hard could it…
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