Parenting from a father’s perspective
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Colleen Pavelka of Chicago, Il. had labor induced this past Sunday so that her husband, Mark, could attend the Chicago Bear’s championship game against the Saints. Said Colleen:
“I thought, how could [Mark] miss this one opportunity that he might never have again in his life…When the doctor said I could be induced so he could go to the game, that’s the train I got on.”
You give that woman a kiss, Mark. She’s a keeper.
[Found at Blogging Baby]
My boy is about to turn two, so I thought this an appropriate time to sit him down for some fatherly advice, man-to-man. We talked about beer, music, and women:
“…please understand that Van Halen is, and always will be, the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world. Just look past all the bickering between the brothers, the revolving-door policy regarding lead singers and the dreadful 2004 tour. I want you to get into your (practical, mid-price-range hybrid) car, roll the windows down and play Women and Children First all the way through, really, really loud…”
You can read the rest here.
Here’s an idea. Wait until the game-winning, last minute drive to throw an interception. Jerk.
While I was watching the Ellen Degeneres Show this morning,* I saw a segment with the woman who created Aqua2Go. It’s something so simple and so wonderful that I can’t wait to place my first order.
The inventor is a mother of a three year old, who was fed up with giving her daughter juice box after juice box. After all, those things contain a lot of sugar. One day she offerehed her girl some water which, of course, she refused to drink. “If we could only get water in a juice box,” she mused with her husband, “I bet she’d drink it.”
Hence, Aqua2Go was born. It’s a “juice” box that contains water. I love it.
*Yes, I watch Ellen. Wanna fight about it?
Hop on over to Noodad to request your free stickers! I just ordered mine. Once you’ve got yours, why not slap one on the changing table at Wendy’s?
The other night, Grace called my wife into her bedroom. She said that there was a “…scary dinosaur” outside of her window. She was soothed easily enough, and went to back to sleep readily.
This had me thinking about the inevitable emergence of “scary monsters” in a child’s imagination. Must it be inevitable? I’m interested in trying to curtail the whole thing.
My wife and I work largely opposite schedules. I’m typically home during the day, while she holds down the fort at night. On Saturdays we’re home together, and we sometimes find that, in each other’s absense, our parenting styles have drifted apart. I don’t mean drastically, just a bit.
Imagine a world in which people were nice to each other, on their own volition. Imagine strangers greeting each other warmly, and engaging in friendly small talk, just for the fun of it.
I can happen. I’ve seen it. How? Two words: Baby Bjorn.
Esquire Magazine has produced a great list of 71 things Every Man Should Know About Fatherhood. It’s exhaustive and funny. Highlights follow.
[Found at Blogging Baby]
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