helicopter parent

• Fern, a.k.a. Boobaby, 6 years old;
• Claudia, "the Blueberry," who's 3 years;
• Working Mom, whose moniker says it all; and
• Me, the stay-at-home dad.

Last year's Doo: Friday the 13th is So Well Named ( 14 Aug 2010 )
Last month's Doo: Fairy Doors Redux: Evil Undead Edition ( 16 Oct 2011 )

I write a bimonthly column for Bay Area Parent magazine.

My full list has its own page, but here's what I try to keep up with every day:

• Read a Random Post, or
  Here are some personal favorites:

• How do you say "dive bar" in Japanese? Fitting in as a Stay-at-Home Dad
• Static Cling
• Sturgis Santa
• Baby Einstein Doesn't Help: How My Toddler Got a Bigger Vocabulary Than Me
• Now, I've never done that before

• Your top 10 favorite posts over the past 60 days:

1. (none)

Joey is 2 and a month. Girl. Short for "Josephine." Dodo is her older sister, short for Dorothy. Meema is their mom (nee dad), Harry is their dad (nee nonexistent).