Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Review: D&D Starter Edition (5e)

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I seem to be in the habit of playing only every odd numbered edition of D&D. I skipped 2nd Edition, played 3rd Edition to death, and got...
Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Review: The Hobbit (Audible Book)

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After reading Watership Down to Bowen, I needed a break from reading long narratives to Bowen. I decided to cheat. Instead of reading to hi...
Monday, December 04, 2017

2017 Puerto Vallarta

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We visited Puerto Vallarta over thanksgiving break. This was Bowen's first chance to try his new Snorkel Mask and adjustable fins ...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

Swimming: A Parent's Job Begins Where Lessons End

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After I taught Bowen how to swim last summer, I nevertheless still had to take him to real swimming lessons to teach him correct stroke for...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Review: The Scientist in the Crib

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I had heard about The Scientist in the Crib years ago on NPR, but upon checking it out from the library was surprised to find that it's...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Review: Shimano PD-T400 Click'r Pedal

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Ever since I got Bowen his SPD shoes and mounted cleats on it, we've been riding with him fully cleated. He loves it because his feet ne...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Review: CamelBak Kid's 2016 Mini MULE Hydration Pack

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I visited REI with the intention of buying Bowen arm and leg warmers, and it turned out they didn't have any. So I ended up looking at h...
Monday, April 24, 2017

BVI 2017: Day 1 - Tortola to Kelly's Cove, Norman Island

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Despite attempting to sleep in, I was too excited to stay asleep past 6:00am, a schedule I would maintain for the rest of the trip. It also...
Friday, March 10, 2017

You know you're a nerd parent when....

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All the other kids start counting from one, and your kid's counting from zero, because that's how programming languages usually st...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Review: Pediatrics Grand Rounds (Medical School for Everyone Series)

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Parenting books are mostly extremely badly written. But Dr. Roy Benaroch is a real doctor (a practicing pediatrician) and I enjoyed the Emer...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Review: Laser Maze Jr Logic Game

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Laser Maze Jr is a puzzle game (like Rush Hour) that features a laser built into the board, 3 obstacles, 2 rocket ship targets, 5 satellite...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Review: Rush Hour Jr

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I saw a copy of Rush Hour Jr for sale during the holidays and grabbed it, having had fun memories of the original, adult version. The game ...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Texting and Parenting

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I've discovered that I'm getting less and less enamored of texting as a communications medium whenever I have to spend time with my ...
Friday, June 03, 2016

Review: The Game Theorist's Guide to Parenting

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Parenting books are a dime a dozen, most of them written badly and verbosely. Compared to the usual dreck, The Game Theorist's Guide To ...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Review: Deuter Kid Comfort III Baby Carrier

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In 2013, I killed the Kelty FC 3.0 Child Carrier . My rule with equipment is that if I kill it once, I'll exchange it at REI. If I kill ...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Review: Beyond the Tiger Mom

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Most parenting books are a joke, especially ones like Beyond the Tiger Mom . They ignore statistics, don't examine best practices from r...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Review: Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive

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Invariably, whenever I read or review a book on parenting, the comparison is to John Medina's Brain Rules for Baby , and the comparison ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Little Boys Are So Sensitive

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In most human cultures, the males of the species are supposed to be tough. But of course, little kids, including boys, just aren't that ...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

6 Months Report: Learning the Flute

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I had a couple of goals when learning to play the flute . The first was to see how hard it really was to learn an instrument. The convention...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Triplet Update

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It's been a while since our last Triplet updat e.  Since our late summer misunderstanding , Bowen and I have been riding to school nearl...