About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

CRAWLING – Coming soon…

Roger Ebert gives CRAWLING two baby thumbs up. Entertainment Weekly says, "CRAWLING is a moment you don't want to miss." Rolling Stone calls CRAWLING "a true story that scares every young dad to death." CRAWLING...are you ready? Coming in Fall 2010 to a theater near you. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88Ckat_Y3Yg]

By |2010-11-09T05:19:18-08:00November 9th, 2010|Video|9 Comments

November 2010 Column

The latest Life of Dad column is in November's issue of Pregnancy and Newborn!  Read the column here. I write about the first thirty days of post-partum from a dad's perspective. What is going through a dad's mind right after birth? In exciting news, I'm now a full-time part of [...]

By |2010-11-05T14:57:00-07:00November 5th, 2010|Press|0 Comments

TINY HEART SUPERHEROES – Nov. 2010

November's TINY HEART SUPERHERO is Colin Brophy!!! November EBay Auctions (expire Nov. 13th): MamaRoo Infant Seat by 4Moms: Click Here Kate Spade Designer Baby Bag: Click Here To make a direct donation to The Saving tiny Hearts Society, on behalf of Colin Brophy, click here. The Saving tiny Hearts Society’s [...]

By |2010-11-04T14:03:34-07:00November 4th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Rap for Charity

The charity we work with, Saving Tiny Hearts, in the running to be the 2011 charity for Highland Park High School in Illinois.  This is exciting, because last year the school raised almost $400,000 for an incredible cause!  Babs and I did our best to help out, busting a rhyme, [...]

By |2010-11-03T12:45:45-07:00November 3rd, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Get Up, Stand Up: Now How Do I Get Down?

Over the past week, Babs has made impressive advancements in pulling herself up to a standing position.  My parents watched the baby over the weekend as Lucy and I went to a good friend’s wedding in New York.   When we returned, Babs was getting up, and standing up for [...]

By |2010-10-27T15:43:50-07:00October 27th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

A Simpler Time – Baby Rolls Over

As my daughter is beginning to crawl, and even pulling herself up on her own, this reminds me of a much simpler time...when Babs first rolled over.  Take a trip down memory lane, and watch the video below...won't you? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9nET0VSJwU]

By |2010-10-21T14:28:39-07:00October 21st, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

PARENTING DECISIONS: What would K-Fed do?

We went to the Halloween Harvest Festival in Woodland Hills on Saturday, and guess who was there?  Kevin Federline…Britney Spears’ ex-husband.  Welcome to Life of Dad:  Los Angeles. As I was looking for a parking spot,  I thought I saw somebody doing the K-Fed strut. I got a [...]

By |2010-10-20T12:32:10-07:00October 20th, 2010|Blog|5 Comments
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