Swaddling: Why treating your baby like a rolled street taco is great for their development

According to a parenting website swaddling (also called wrapping) involves snugly wrapping your baby in a blanket or cotton sheet for warmth and security. The desired effect of swaddling is to mimic your baby’s experience in the womb, by recreating the comfort and security of slight pressure around his body. According to me, this clandestine…

The Baby Apocalypse

“Only baby blog on the web that manages to talk about baby dreams and a primate being pelted in the family jewels in the same entry…”   – Random reader that doesn’t exist Typically the sound of a screaming giraffe being attacked by a lion, just moments away from its imminent demise coming from your bedroom…

The Least Favorite Person in the Delivery Room

A tale of a dad-to-be attempting…and failing to comfort his wife during labor For a dad-to-be, the best way to prepare for labor tasks that lie ahead is to teleport via time machine to a civilization just before a hostile conquering occurs. After your village is ransacked, voluntarily enslave yourself, then live out the rest…

I’m Not Touching You

As the due date draws nearer and then passes completely, you start to wonder if there’s actually a baby coming or if it’s just a bunch of dancing organs in your wife’s belly. Sure, I’d seen a few ultrasounds, spoken to a doctor or two, and felt kicks, but how do I know the movements…

My Husband Thinks I’m Fat

Tales from the 2nd Trimester: Part I In the wild, satisfying your pregnant partner’s food cravings can be quite difficult. Rumor has it expectant cavemen fathers would often fake an old wooly mammoth battle injury in hopes of evading their wife’s craving requests. Luckily today, man has traded hunting and gathering for supermarkets which are…