Spain Dad, a baby blog

Alleke learned how to use a spoon today. Click To Play Here are few other funny stories about Alleke and food: The one where Alleke tried to eat her high chair… The one where I threw a cup of milk in Alleke’s face… The one where a complete stranger took Alleke from us in a [...]

A number of people have written and asked April and I for advice about using cloth diapers. Our friend Angela most recently emailed with some questions, so I asked her if I could include her questions here with April’s answers. I hope those of you who are thinking about using cloth diapers will find this [...]

Alleke scratched at my neck until she found my shirt collar. Using it as a handle, she yanked down and pulled herself up just high enough to sling her arm over my shoulder and point into the darkness. I turned around and squinted into the dim corner of the room. I didn’t see anything unusual, [...]

Today I found my first good reason to let Alleke sit in front of the TV and watch movies all day. April, Alleke and I were sitting at the table eating breakfast in silence. It was nearly eleven o’clock in the morning, but all three of us were still in our pajamas and looked like [...]

“Should I?” I asked. April looked up from the magazine she was reading on the couch and shrugged her shoulders. I bit my lip. “I can’t decide,” I said. “It would be a strange thing to do, especially if you don’t know someone that well.” I looked at April again. She was reading her magazine. [...]

Alleke gets a cold Alleke lay on the changing table while I sang her a song and fastened the velcro straps on her diaper. It was early to be putting her to sleep, but she was nodding off already, fighting to keep her eyes open just long enough to moan and reach for me to [...]

Our friend Barbara is hoping to be a grandma soon, so she asked if she could take care of Alleke on Monday night to get some practice. So, on Monday night April and I went around the corner to get a drink, and Barbara took Alleke down to the playground. When we got home, the [...]

This kiss goes out to all the grandparents out there with grandkids who don’t live nearby. Click To Play

“I think she has something in her mouth,” I said as I glanced over my shoulder at José’s mom. José was sitting in the sand next to Alleke playing with a plastic rake. I leaned in for a closer look. Alleke’s lips were pressed together in a fish face, and her jaw was going up [...]

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