Dads and their small kids share another thing in common - a greater risk of losing fingers. A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reports that children lose fingers to opening and closing doors. Men lose theirs to power tools. The study found that about 28,000 people go to the emergency rooms in the US and that the greatest concentration is kids … [Read more...] about Dads, kids, and lost fingers – warning to dads of toddlers
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Nominations for a new acronym – can we retire SAHD?
Do we have to be SAHDs? SAHD stands for "Stay At Home Dads," for the unitiated. Every time I read that in a blog entry, I cringe. All I can think of is the way such a word would be pronounced. Couldn't we be GLAHDs? I don't know what that would stand for (though perhaps it has the word "great" in it), but it would sound a lot better. … [Read more...] about Nominations for a new acronym – can we retire SAHD?
Trixie Tracker – Hilarious baby poop, nap, and eating tracker
The Trixie Tracker Baby Tracking Software couldn't be funnier if it were written in the April edition of Wired. I couldn't figure out whether this was a huge joke or what. Take a look at this incredible software that tracks naps, diapers, bottles in one nifty package, allowing you to look back at the entire baby evolution years from now (I suppose when your time is freed up … [Read more...] about Trixie Tracker – Hilarious baby poop, nap, and eating tracker
My point exactly – Dads don’t think like moms…
...for better or worse. Try to stop laughing and not take sides when you read "Figure It Out? Figure It Out? O.K., You Figure It Out!" by Catherine Lloyd Burns in the New York Times last Sunday. An excerpt: In my next life I'm coming back as a man. I will have sex with my wife and knock her up, and then in the hospital I will watch while she figures out how to get the … [Read more...] about My point exactly – Dads don’t think like moms…
I’d like to thank my mom for my Oscar…
You may have been struck by how many actors, directors, special effects experts, and costume designers thanked their mother on Sunday night for putting them on the right track to an Academy Award. One guy thanked his mom, but recalled she asked, "So you're sure you don't want to be doctor?" Did you wonder why dads didn't get as many (or any?) thanks Sunday night? My theory … [Read more...] about I’d like to thank my mom for my Oscar…