I suppose introducing a new child into the life of a first kid is always difficult. I’ve gotten a lot of advice on how best to do it with JP these last months, most of it fairly obvious, and I won’t bother writing it all down. So far JP has taken the news well, and …
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Moving Day
Part of my divorce requires the liquidation of all our marital assets, including the apartment I’ve lived in since 2004 (any takers?). I’m moving out early next week into a new apartment nearby, and JP’s mother is moving in while we put the place on the market (short answer: I’m a slob). I’m curious to …
Pre-K-Vetch, Again
So, perhaps our loyal DadWagon readers thought that now, with the NYC school year underway, that the Universal Pre-K bitching was finally at end, one way or another. Please, I would hope you folks know us better than that by now. We simply do not stop complaining here at DadWagon. We like to complain. We …
Bad Dads We Love: Daddy Juice
At some point in JP’s infanthood I started referring to alcohol as “Daddy Juice.” I don’t remember exactly when, but it seems likely that it was pretty early on, probably when he was old enough to reach for my glass of beer/wine/sangria, and for me to pull it away, saying, “Now, now. Not for you, …