“I don’t know if I’m smelling my own lunch or someone else’s.”

In which Matt and Nathan discuss flying, phobias, irrationality, and Asia via Skype: NT: you in asia yet? MG: yep. sitting in Jean’s childhood bedroom in Taipei NT: ah, how nice. congrats on getting there. how’s the babe? MG: man, what a nightmare NT: really? MG: “I scared! I scared!” NT: oh no! The flight? MG: yeah NT: wow MG: she didn’t want to sit in her own seat …

Toilet-Training, the Freaky-Ass German Way

Not so long ago, my wife, Jean, sent me a link to something called “Potty Training in Three Days or Less.” With Sasha now more than 2 years old and already starting to get used to the idea of the potty, both at preschool and at home, this was an intriguing link. The basic idea …

DadWagon’s Ongoing Attempt to Sell Out

Over at Time.com, our beloved Nathan heads to SXSW to figure out how we can turn this here little logorrheic dadblog into a revenue-generating entity: After 18 months of doing it simply for the pure squee of self-expression — racking up a million pageviews in the process — we are ready to think about racking …

Schrödinger’s Toddler and the Quantum Parenting Corollary

That headline sure sounds scientific, doesn’t it? I have no idea what it means, but it feels like the right way to describe yesterday’s Getting Home From Preschool adventure. Man, it seemed like it was going to go well: I arrived to a loud cry of “Daddy!” from Sasha, who rushed up to hug me …