Baseball has been my favorite sport and hobby since the age of six, when my New York Mets won the World Series. As I started to grow older, I thought about how cool it would be to take my kid to a baseball game someday. This happened last Friday. New [...]
I drool. I don’t drool¹ an extreme amount, but after waking up in the morning, there may be some drool on my pillow. Unless I hook up a dentist saliva vacuum² to me at night (not in the plans), I think I’ll always drool a little bit. Most babies [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]