Diapers For Two

Dan is a father of four, trying to raise a toddler without forgetting how to parent a 25-year-old. His three older kids, Ben, Abby, and Jacob, are all in their 20s and living full lives of their own. Just as he was adjusting to life with quiet hallways and adult conversations, the universe handed him a new chapter: Ruby, a wildly verbal toddler with opinions, questions, and a deep love of bath crayons.

Now in his 50s, Dan is learning to balance potty training with prom memories, sleepless nights with grown-up milestones, and stuffed animal negotiations with real-world business calls. By day, he’s a technology executive in the software world. By night (and often by 5:37 a.m.), he’s “Dada”, reading bedtime stories, singing made-up songs, and occasionally trying to pretend he enjoys the wooden toy latte Ruby insists on serving him every morning.

Dan lives in Toronto with his partner Lori, the calm in his chaos and the co-architect of this second parenting act. When he’s not knee-deep in toddler life, he loves spending time with all four of his kids, traveling, working out, and playing a fiercely addictive amount of online chess.

Diapers for Two is his way of making sense of this surreal, hilarious, heart-expanding life, and maybe helping other parents feel a little less alone while they try to do the same.