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.

Tummy Time

I want to first apologize to all the single men out there reading this, who haven’t used the word “tummy” in years.  I was the same way.  Until this past month, I had not used the word since fourth grade, and I believe there was a fight involved.  My tummy…ahem…stomach didn’t [...]

By |2010-04-06T14:31:29-07:00April 6th, 2010|Blog|2 Comments

Milk Friday

Yesterday was Good Friday.  In the Catholic Church, you fast from eating meat.  My baby Barbara only drinks milk every day.  I decided what better way to fast, than to only drink milk all day long.  If babies could survive on just milk, so can I! 5:58 PM (Thursday) I [...]

By |2010-04-03T16:26:58-07:00April 3rd, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Babs Meet Bo

Babs meet Bo. Bo meet Babs. Babs is a baby. Bo is a dog. See Bo run. Hear Babs cry. See Bo eat. Hear Babs burp. Bo is a good boy. Babs is a good girl. Allright, as you can see, our baby and our dog can be a children’s [...]

By |2010-03-31T07:52:00-07:00March 31st, 2010|Blog|3 Comments

Dad on the Go

Screaming fans. Performances by Usher and Rascal Flatts. Being escorted to the coolest roller coasters in the world. The "Ellen" show's trip to Universal Orlando Resort was fantastic. You know what the strangest thing was? Random people in the audience asking how Baby Barbara was doing. Ellen kindly announced our [...]

By |2010-03-29T22:07:00-07:00March 29th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

BBABS vs. ABABS

I’m on a flight, heading to Orlando, Florida, as I write this. We are taping “Ellen” shows at Universal Orlando Resort. This is the fourth year doing this, and the shows are always a blast. However, this year, my life is a bit different… As a kid, growing up in [...]

By |2010-03-27T08:37:00-07:00March 27th, 2010|Blog|2 Comments

1 Month. Stronger.

Barbara Anne is 1 month old! Man, how time (and feedings) fly, and we are so proud of our baby who continues to get stronger ever day. Anyway, to celebrate her 1 month milestone, we had a D-List Bash at Dolce, hosted by Chace Crawford. Baby Barbara was the biggest [...]

By |2010-03-26T04:56:00-07:00March 26th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

March Semi-Madness

This is my running diary of what happening this morning with Baby Barbara. Times may be off by a few minutes, because, well, I was taking care of a baby, and did my best to keep track. Also, Lucy does many more shifts than I do (she’s a star), so [...]

By |2010-03-23T10:54:00-07:00March 23rd, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

The Diaper Confessions

I think that every man tries to delay the inevitable day when he has to change a diaper for the first time. If I can give one word of advice to every guy out there… Don’t wait too long. When we were in the hospital, my wife would change Babs’ [...]

By |2010-03-20T20:56:00-07:00March 20th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment

Guinness Business

As I sip a Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day Eve, I wanted to share the world records that our little Irish fighter has broken over her first 19 days.  None of these have been researched, and if you attempt to prove me wrong, I ask you to no longer follow [...]

By |2010-03-16T22:57:00-07:00March 16th, 2010|Blog|0 Comments

HOME BABY HOME

Two days ago, we brought our baby home from the hospital.  I haven’t written about it sooner because…well...we just brought our first baby home from the hospital! As my sister-in-law Geri keeps saying, our baby, Barbara Anne is a bad-ass!  One day shy of her two week birthday, she was sent [...]

By |2010-03-13T14:11:00-08:00March 13th, 2010|Blog|1 Comment
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