Category: Parenthood

Here come the words! "Can you say banana?" "Bah nah nah," she says to me. "Say please!" "Peesh. Peeeeesh." Our daughter hit a threshold recently. We started to retire the pacifier and we found that aside from the occasional what have you done moment, she's been quite okay with the transition. Most importantly, with that change… Continue reading Parenthood: Eighteen Months Later →

Food and Family When the wife and I first had our child, food didn't really change all that much. We continued to get whatever we fancied, be it snacks, meals, or something in between. The older Jaina got, the more we realized we weren't going to be able to maintain this trajectory for long. She… Continue reading Parenthood: Family Cooking →

One year ago today, my wife and I were heavily involved in the most chaotic event that we have ever experienced together. After nine months of planning, preparing, and getting really excited/nervous, we were finally at the hospital with doctors surrounding us, telling us to remain calm, and most importantly telling her to PUUUUUSH! Those first… Continue reading Parenthood: One Year Later →

Sometimes, work requires that you travel. When I was working for my previous company, travel wasn't irregular, but it wasn't a big deal for me to pack up and move from my bachelor pad to a hotel room. Since moving to Google, I've had the fortune of only traveling a few times a year. It's… Continue reading Parenthood: Leavin’ on a Jet Plane →

I don't get sick often. Prior to the start of 2017, I think I could count on one hand the times that I had a high fever in the last ten years. One of the hardest parts of parenthood so far came when we had to take our daughter on her first trip to daycare.… Continue reading Parenthood: Nine Months Later →

For the past three months, life has been so very different. With our daughter's birth, I was able to exercise Baby Bonding Leave, which granted me up to 12 weeks of leave to... well, bond with our baby! I took a little of that time up front, then went back to the office for a… Continue reading Parenthood: Thirteen Weeks Later →