An exhausted single father begins to suspect that his nine-month-old daughter, Sara, is carrying out a carefully planned operation involving sleep deprivation, a broken back, and public humiliation through screaming. A darkly comic story about sleepless nights, a strong-willed baby, and one father who knows exactly who holds all the cards.
Category: Daily Life with Sara
A Single Father, a Baby and the Sound of Sirens
What does war look like through the eyes of a single father raising a five-month-old baby?
For Yaniv, a 52-year-old single father, the answer lies somewhere between nighttime feedings, air-raid sirens, and repeated trips to a safe room. As the war disrupts the fragile routine he has built with his daughter Sara, sleep becomes a luxury and survival becomes a matter of adaptation.
In this deeply personal reflection, Yaniv shares one exhausting night that captures the reality of parenting during wartime: the constant interruptions, the accumulating fatigue, and the quiet determination to keep going despite it all.
At the heart of the story is a simple hope shared by parents everywhere—that their children will one day inherit a safer world than the one they were born into.
Dracula, Werewolves, Ghosts… and Sara | A Single Father’s Sleepless Night With a Midnight Baby
A 53-year-old single father discovers that his seven-month-old daughter Sara has developed a very clear philosophy about life: nighttime is for parties, games, and exhausting her father beyond human limits. Between sleepless chaos, wasted bottles of formula, and hallucinations involving Dracula and Nosferatu, he struggles to survive another night in a household where the world belongs to babies — especially Sara.
I’ll Probably Never Win “Father of the Year” | Life With a Baby Who Refuses to Hear the Word “No”
In this humorous and candid post, a single father describes life with his baby daughter, SARA, who seems to run the household like a tiny monarch. Between endless feedings, sleepless nights, and her insistence on being carried around like an empress, he finds himself constantly exhausted — yet completely devoted. Beneath the humor lies a simple truth: for a baby growing up without a mother, love and warmth are the most important things a father can give.
Sara vs. the Red Hot Chili Peppers | A strange and rare moment in the bond between a father and his baby daughter
Sometimes the bond between a parent and a baby feels deeper than we can explain. One quiet evening during Passover, something small and unusual happened between me and my baby daughter Sara—something that has stayed with me ever since.
Robosara | When an Exhausted Dad Dreams of a Baby With an Off Switch
A very tired father imagines a revolutionary invention: Robosara — a baby with built-in buttons that can stop crying, trigger sleep, and save parents everywhere from endless sleepless nights.
The Dictator and the Devoted Servant | Life With a Newborn Who Wants to Be Held All the Time
I thought I was the adult in charge. Then Sara arrived. A single dad’s confession about sleepless nights, sore arms, and being happily owned by a tiny dictator.
A Donut Filled with Formula | A Single Dad and His Round-Cheeked Baby
She’s two months old and already running a full-scale PR campaign with her cheeks alone. A single dad’s love letter to “Donut”—and the only filling that truly matters: baby formula.
