Tips

As promised, here's the second in a series of parenting tips:

Tips for New Parents Who Know Even Less Than I Do - #2
I've heard lots of pregnant parents-to-be talking about trying to learn the words to lullabies. This is wasted effort for two reasons: 1) lullabies are scary and usually involve babies falling out of trees, or people dying while babies sleep; and, 2) they don't work.
Three songs that put our kids to sleep unfailingly are songs that any sports fan already knows:
1) Take Me Out to the Ballgame - Kate, who knows the words to every song ever written, still chose this one every night when the kids were babies. Money-back guarantee on this one.
2) Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole - when you're so tired that you can't manage any other words
3) Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey, Goodbye - has the added bonus of feeling like your team is winning, which is often not the case when parenting young, sleepless babies.

And here's a photo of the kids in their fancy, new chairs: