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.

4 Months.

As I’m about to finish up my 370th month on this fine Earth, my baby girl last week wrapped up her fourth. Some highlights of my 370 months… Month 11…I crawled for the first time. Month 87…I watched the Mets win the World Series. Month 213…I graduated high school [...]

By |2010-06-28T14:55:30-07:00June 28th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Your Kind of Town

This letter must have gotten lost in the mail when I first sent it... I wrote it last week before Father's Day. Dear Barbara Anne- I’m writing you this letter from the hotel where your mom and I got married almost two years ago. Beautiful view overlooking the Chicago River [...]

By |2010-06-25T15:39:40-07:00June 25th, 2010|Blog|4 Comments

Father’s Day

My entire life, Father’s Day has always been about my dad. What type of tie should we get him? He could always use a new pair of socks. This year, Father’s Day was about him and ME! What type of tie am I getting? I can always use a [...]

By |2010-06-22T17:58:30-07:00June 22nd, 2010|Blog|4 Comments

Babs on a Plane

Babs took her first flight at just 3 ½ months old. Here is how it went down. We had a 3:30PM flight out of LAX, heading to Chicago. If you have a baby, you may know what the “witching hour” is. This is the time in the day that [...]

By |2010-06-15T15:06:24-07:00June 15th, 2010|Blog|5 Comments

Dad Parking Only

  A few weeks ago, Babs and I met a friend of mine and his son at a park in LA. This was the first time I was bringing my baby to a park by myself, but my buddy was a veteran at this, being a father to [...]

By |2010-06-07T17:39:34-07:00June 7th, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Baby Vegas

Las Vegas is the ultimate playground for adults. The Grove in Los Angeles on Thursdays between 11AM and 1PM is the ultimate playground for kids under five.  It is Baby Vegas.  No, they don’t call it Baby Vegas, but I’m telling you, this place is out of control. [...]

By |2010-06-03T22:04:19-07:00June 3rd, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

Monitoring the Baby Monitor’s Monitor

We have two baby monitors in our 900 sq. ft condo. One monitor in the master bedroom, where our baby’s basinet is.  The other is in the nursery, where Babs’ crib is.  The receivers for both are in the living room. We bought one baby monitor, which I thought [...]

By |2025-09-25T09:52:01-07:00June 2nd, 2010|Blog|5 Comments

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day, we honor the American soldiers we have lost during battle. The best way to honor your veteran family member is to get them a flag from an incredible source, learn more from Atlantic Flag and Pole. This Memorial Day, Lucy and I also thought about the [...]

By |2021-06-10T05:06:08-07:00June 1st, 2010|Blog|1 Comment
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