Hello Friends! Let me introduce myself...My name is Tom Riles, and my wife Lucy and I have a beautiful 5 month old daughter, Barbara Anne. Barbara had open heart surgery at three days old, at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. As the video below shows, I am starting a monthly fundraiser here at [...]
As you all know, the third week in July is always Male Breastfeeding Awareness week. In honor of this week, I will be posting three different videos over the week featuring male breastfeeding. It can be a controversial topic...where do you stand on male breastfeeding? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uBgBm5-nFo]
Our baby can scoot. What is scooting you ask? Combine elbow and knee power, add a little momentum, and you have a scoot. Babs is a scooter. Why is this a big deal? Well, it is now a fact that our baby may not be in the same place where we [...]
This was a fun interview for The Good Men Project. Read it here!
A few months back, I experienced a day that a dad-to-be always dreams of…we took our daughter to IKEA for the first time. The day was so touching that it took me a while to process, which is why I’m writing about this now for the first [...]
We're kicking off a new segment, where Babs and I review food products she is tasting for the first time. Very soon, Babs will be six months old and starting to eat solid foods. I'm going to be with her every step of the way tasting the baby foods, and [...]
Welcome to Life of Dad, where I share the comical and emotional adventures of being a new dad. You probably saw our family featured on Ellen today, and Baby Barbara is still doing great! Make sure you become a fan of Life of Dad on Facebook, and subscribe to this website, just to the right of [...]
I like LeBron James. However, the more I hear about him, the more I can’t help comparing him to an infant. Tonight, LeBron will decide which NBA team he is going to play for. More importantly, below is a comparison between his behaviors and those of an infant. [...]
If you like Chicago, or you know Jim Bansley (my father-in-law), you have to watch this! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_xg1pjyj8]
INT. BEDROOM – DAWN TOMMY, located in Los Angeles, calls his wife LUCY, who is vacationing in Chicago with their daughter BABS. They have been apart for a week, as the girls are spending much-needed quality time with LUCY’s family. BABS was a star on the flight to Chicago, sleeping [...]