If Your Baby Cries the Second You Sit Down, Get Up and Walk
Walk and the crying stops; sit down and it starts again. It is called the transport response: walk 5 minutes, sit 5–8 more, then put them down.
Parenting Fails7 in English
The nights that did not work — an hour of getting him down, undone by one creaky floorboard. The mines I have already stepped on, left here for you.
How Not to Gain Weight on No Sleep: Protein, Iron, and That Marvel of Civilization, the Hot Pot
You cannot out-willpower sleep-deprived hunger. A palm-sized serving of protein at every meal, iron for my breastfeeding wife, and exactly one pot to wash.
Midnight Ice Cream and Chips Weren’t Weak Willpower: Sleep Deprivation and Weight (A Serious One)
Sleeping 1.2 hours more a day cut calorie intake by 270 kcal. Gaining weight while raising a baby is not weak willpower — it is physiology.
What Should the Grown-Ups Eat in Year One? Food for Staying Upright
Breastfeeding officially adds 350 kcal and 20 g of protein a day to what you need. How much coffee is realistic, and a shortcut list with no shame attached.
One Hour to Get Her Down. One Creak to Undo It.
Seventy-two minutes of bedtime, flawless. Three steps from the door, the floorboard spoke. Why our floor only creaks at night, and the post-match analysis.
The Night I Didn't Hear the Baby Cry
Right beside me the baby cried, my wife got up, changed, fed and settled everyone — and I slept through every second of it. The night I heard nothing.
So I Started a Blog. (At 3 a.m.)
A dad in Nagoya, standing in a dim kitchen at 3 a.m. shaking a bottle, wondering how many others were awake too. Why this blog exists, and who it is for.