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Month 24: We should stop counting months now
June 27, 2024
Two years: what? how? The last couple months have been jam-packed with big leaps forward, as Toby surprises us each day with more words, songs, ideas, and...
Month 22: The Third Person
April 22, 2024
Do not adjust your screen: yes it really is another Stay-At-Home Chad newsletter! We don't have an entry for Month 21 due to me not doing it. But also, these...
Month 20: Hello everybody, so glad to see you
February 26, 2024
Well, we're all another month older, and that's fun if you still measure your age in months. Let's see what's new around here since last time. Toby has...
Month 19: She's a Big Girl Now
January 27, 2024
Our Month 19 highlights are slightly delayed, and there's a lot to cover. Let's get to it! Toby and I started attending music class together this month - our...
30 for 30: What's in a Word?
December 30, 2023
Being a generally contemplative person, this time of early parenthood - seeing a human develop from potato to person - has re-opened a lot of topics that I...
Month 18 Highlights
December 23, 2023
Merry Christmas! We can also all celebrate Toby turning one-and-a-half years old today! Headline for the month: Toby loves talking. She busts out a new word...
The Malaysia Trip: Part 2
December 11, 2023
Whew! What a trip. We are back home, still figuring out how to live our daily routine again after a fun, busy, family adventure. I had hoped to send this...
Month 17 Highlights
November 24, 2023
Somehow, it’s the 24th of the month again, and the 17th month of Toby’s life. I think we can just say she’s a year and a half old now, until she’s “almost...
The Malaysia Trip: Part 1
November 20, 2023
We are one week and a half into our three week trip to Malaysia and it has been excellent so far! Amid many new experiences, we have also been among family -...
Toddling Across the Pacific
November 8, 2023
This week, our family is heading off on a trip to Malaysia and Singapore, to celebrate Toby's great-grandma's 90th birthday! It's not our first trip across...
Stay-at-Home Chad
October 30, 2023
Hello everybody! This is still Chad, still writing about being Toby's dad. But, I am moving "Crawl-Walk-Runbook" off of Substack and rebranding it. Now the...
Month 16 Highlights
October 24, 2023
This post recaps all the notable changes in Toby’s life during her 16th month (as far as I can remember). The first new behavior I spotted this month was the...
Month 15 Highlights
October 2, 2023
She’s fully a toddler now, and it’s mostly fun! Toby takes one nap each day. Some people told me I, as the caregiver, would enjoy this milestone. I smiled...
On the matter of diapers
September 7, 2023
Before our first child was born, Szuyin and I agreed that we would like to go with reusable diapers. And that right there tells you everything you need to...
Month 14 Highlights
August 24, 2023
We made it to another month, and it was a busy one in terms of milestones and development. Here are the big storylines from Month 14! As previously noted,...
Toby to Begin Walking
August 7, 2023
KANEOHE — Toby, market leader in six-toothed, single-dimpled smiles, announced today plans to join the ranks of the ambulatory. After weeks of partner-...
It's hard to trust a baby
July 31, 2023
I’ve learned a lot since becoming a parent. And I like learning, it’s my jam. But, kinda interestingly, most of what I’ve learned has been about myself. For...
Month 13 Highlights
July 28, 2023
Well folks, another month has passed, and it has been a busy one. I have to admit I’m really struggling to keep up (both with Toby and my aspirational...
These baby girl clothes baffle me
July 3, 2023
We are five full months into this arrangement where I’m taking care of the baby full-time, and if there’s any area of my report card where I might expect a...
Month 11 (and 12?) Roundup
June 26, 2023
When I started this publication, I didn’t have a clear idea about the stuff that would be worth sharing with others, but I knew I wanted some kind of journal...
A taste of my own medicine
June 19, 2023
My mom loves revisiting her memories of my siblings and me as kids, as is her right as mom and grandmother. One of her favorite vignettes features me as a...
Doing it all for moments
June 13, 2023
In life before parenthood, I was pretty stingy with how I spent my free time and extra effort. I was not likely to spend a bunch of time and effort getting...
Music for Baby and Dad
June 7, 2023
I’ve done a little reading about the child development angle on music, and ultimately what I came away with is “music is good for babies.”12 For the majority...
Month 10 Play
May 10, 2023
So far in her life, as long as it’s not sleeping or eating, you can get away with describing anything this baby does as “play.” Like, we’re just grabbing...
Month 10 Wake Windows
May 5, 2023
A detailed look at how my ten-month-old baby and I typically spend our wake windows. (A wake window is just the time between naps, when the baby is awake.)...
Month 10 Daily Routine
May 5, 2023
At ten months old, things have really started to click for me and babygirl. We’ve got a reliable schedule, a variety of options for playing and exploring,...