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good resource

Tim E — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:24:44 -0400

http://www.mentoringboys.com/

Good, practical, no BS information. Sign up for the free monthly newsletter (no spam). Lots of the info is on general parenting - applies to girls too.

Cdn Tim

Modified Stroller Built By Dad

Hogan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:29:45 -0500

Check out this dad and his modified Star Wars stroller.

http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2007/07/starwars.html

Mommy bloggers have all the fun

msmithivas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:41 -0500

Take a look at the first photo in this article: http://bit.ly/aeVFwf

She blogs for Parenting.com and is the managing editor of Playboy. Mommy bloggers get all the fun gigs.

P.S. I'd like to be that beanbag chair.

Thought I Was Immune

jpod00 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:45:10 -0500

Having four kids, and having been home from day one, I thought I was seasoned enough to manage whatever decides to come our way. I am not. I had to take our 6 mo. old daughter to the children's hospital today for a pretty awful test. She's laying on the table, crying. Just what you might expect, right?

Colic

TimB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:41:23 -0500

Our baby is now almost 8 weeks old and my wife has gone back to work. She was unable to breastfeed so we started out on formula from day one. At 3 weeks old, the baby had blood in his stool and we found out that he was allergic to the milk in formula. We switched to a special (expensive) formula called Nutramigen and the blood cleared up but now the baby has reflux. It's almost impossible to get the baby to sleep unless I'm holding him. I stay up most of the night taking care of him and then try to take care of him and our 2 year old until my wife gets home from work.

Too many spammers?

daddyfever — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:46:06 -0500

I haven't been around here long, but it seems to me like there are too many spammers posting links in discussions - it isn't like that on other discussion groups I am part of... Are we very popular or are we having a hard time keeping out bots?

Giving Us a Bad Name

jpod00 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:29:17 -0500

Okay, I'll start by putting all my disclaimers out there: I am a lightweight when it comes to drinking. I'm fiercely protective of my kids. I am opinionated.

Now that we have that out of the way, has anyone else read this article?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/02/brooklyn.babies.in.bars/index.html?hpt=C1

Toys for girls and boys

daddyfever — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:58:23 -0500

There was a show on TV here last night looking at the whole nature vs. nurture debate - here in Norway, the general academic opinion is that biology plays no role in who we are and the choices we make. The host of this show was interested in looking into the scientific basis for this claim and found that many researchers from around the world have actually found the opposite - that boys and girls are different to begin with. Of course the child's environment can encourage or repress certain traits and behaviours, but you can't ignore the fact that there is an inherent difference.

What the F#%!

omahahomedad — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:31:19 -0500

I'm working on a blog for Momaha.com on cussing. What are your guys' opinions about it? Have you ever sworn in front of your kids? Have you ever sworn at your kids?

I've done it all, but I don't do it often.

I wonder how it affects us and our kids. What do you guys think?

Al Watts, Vice-President, Daddyshome - The National At-Home Dad Network

www.daddyshome.org

new member,overwhelmed s.a.h.d

eastsidelou — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:54:08 -0500

Whats up Dads.I am a 32 year old stay at home dad of a 3year old boy and a new puppy. Help!

Justin Roberts' Stay At Home Dad song/video

msmithivas — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:48:06 -0500

Noted children's musician Justin Roberts has a terrific new CD out called Pop Fly and on it is a track called Stay At Home Dad. I recently found out he has a video for it on YouTube:

The video is kinda cheesy, but the sentiment is spot on I think. My 6 year old daughter says that two of the tracks on this disc are "the greatest songs she's ever heard" (this one was not one of them).

DadSF

Karl — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:05:35 -0500

Looking forward to getting together and sharing the experiences? Lets see if we can have a little fun for ourselves and our little ones, in the foggy city...

I am new to being a dad, and new to staying at home, and new to San Francisco....

join in and share

New Parenting Podcast for Atheists

ticktock — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:04:19 -0500

Some of you may remember me as one of the old-timers who used to haunt these forums when this site was still in it's infancy. I've had to move on now that I'm coordinating the new dads site in Cincinnati. I've also been busy on a new project.

Beware of dark flooring

daddyfever — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:16:20 -0500

The place we are renting now has dark parquet flooring throughout the kitchen and main living area. It looked really nice when we first moved in a year ago - it had just been oiled and was striking and lusterous. I quickly noticed, however, that on a dark floor, every single crumb and fluff of dust show up like a flashing neon sign contrasting against a moonless sky. Poetry aside, it is really annoying. I am not interested in sweeping or vacuuming the whole place every day, but I kind of have to.

Cooking with a 2 year old

daddyfever — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:13:46 -0500

Anyone have any fun kitchen activities for toddlers? My son likes to wash veggies in the sink (and when there are no more veggies to wash, he has some stones that we call his "washing stones" that he washes). He also likes to try to cut stuff (under close supervision, of course) and stir whatever is cooking on the stove. Our favourite thing to make these days is smoothies - I get out the ingredients and he puts them all in a bowl, then we work together to blend it up with the wand mixer - nutritious and fun!