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Hey it's Fatherhood Friday! Make sure you go over to Dad-Blogs and check out all of the great stuff going on there. Let me just say that the person who came up with the idea of the motivational poster is genius. A simple picture, a one word title and an inspirational line and you got a best seller on your hands. That being said, the guy who learned how to make motivational posters in photoshop is awesome. Take something popular, copy it, and make fun of people and things. It's the American way. My buddy sent me a bunch the other day and of ...
Why Are You Crying??
This post is taken from my weekly column on Dad-Blogs (Yeah I got lazy this week) Go on over and check it out. While you are there check out Fatherhood Fridays, there are some great links to other dad blogs. Once again I have angered the gods and tempted fate. When my little girl was born she did nothing but sleep. My friends and family would ask how things are going as a new dad and I'd say "You know, surprisingly easy. She sleeps a lot and doesn't cry at all." This is like someone saying "What could possibly go wrong?" in a ...
Cooking with New Dad
I like to frequent other dad blogs to get tips on life and how to deal with the little one, the Mrs. etc. A lot of Dad's like to do step by step posts on how to cook a good meal. Since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, allow me to present the first installment of Cooking with New Dad. Today we'll be preparing one of my favorite dishes that I don't get to eat all that often anymore. The delicious and nutritious Chicken Pot Pie! Step 1: Purchase these wonder little concoctions of crust, potato, peas, carrots and chicken flavored ...
Meet the Rest of the Family
As my wife's blood pressure dropped back into the realm of normal, we prepared for our exit from the hospital. We packed up all of our stuff, gathered our flowers and gifts and made sure to take all of the hospital supplied stuff we were being billed for anyways. My wife was stoked! Everyone we talked to said "Stay in the hospital as long as possible" but she was anxious to leave. The thought of being a dad without the safety net of a 24 hour nursery, nurses and doctors kind of freaked me out but like everything else during this journey that is ...
“I Think I’m Having a Heart Attack”
Part 2: Continued from Where Did you Sleep Last Night Every Monday I write down a to do list. I fill my daily routine stuff and leave room for stuff that comes up. Here's a sample of Friday's list: Work Out Run Core exercises Read Work on blog post Etc Nowhere in there did I write "Have a Baby". . .but here I am! In scrubs, watching my wife get pre-surgical injections, calling my boss, mom and step-mom letting them know what was going on. (Ironically, my sister just had her baby the day before, so my mom is having two grand kids in ...
More simple advice
Advice comes at you all the time when you have a pregnant wife. Friends, family and perfect strangers often feel the need to give you little pearls of wisdom. A lady in Wal-Mart talked to me about the third trimester and child birth for 10 minutes while my wife was in the bathroom. Sometimes you get great advice and sometimes you just smile and nod and think, "Wow, you are all kinds of crazy!" As we enter the third trimester I find myself looking for more simple advice to help me through being a dad and raising my ...
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Little Pim: Watch Your Kids Learn a Foreign Language
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Zonk Out Earplugs
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“Not Not Trying”
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