Category Archives: RPGDad

Multiclass Baby

As a game designer, I have always preferred skill systems, where characters slowly progress in certain abilities, rather than a leveling system, where all of a sudden they gain a number of new powers. In watching RPGBaby develop, however, I have become more of a believer in the leveling process. Her ability to stand up […]

-100 to Hit with Solid Foods

One of the fascinating things about watching RPGBaby learn is realizing just how much we take for granted about even the most basic skills. Take eating (but don’t you dare take my food). I’ve written before how even breast feeding is not wholly instinctive in humans but must be developed. I realized spoon feeding would […]

Autumn Baby Giggles

Gotten busy of late, but wanted to post this video of RPGBaby at four months. I think it shows a good range of four-month-old development, plus it is incredibly cute! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmadDRtjnv4

Wow

I’ve debated a number of names for this article, including “Crappy Jokes Ahead” or “EC Comic Action,” but I keep shaking my head and going, “Wow.” WARNING: Discussion of bodily functions ahead! I’ll just jump in. Sage is 10 weeks old and already learning to use the toilet. We have only had to change one […]

Weird Things in the Middle of the Night

Guest blogger: Momma Mel RPDDad wanted to title this, “Weird Scenes inside the Poopmine,” but RPGMom always has the winning vote So all parents of pre-verbal infants use cues to determine what’s going on with their little one. Facial expressions, body movement, cries, and diaper performance are some of the main ways  tiny humans communicate. […]