Look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself how you really feel about being a parent. Is your life complete? Are you happier than you were before you had kids? Would you change anything? A…
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The Forgotten Second Child
I wouldn’t have missed my first son’s first birthday for the world. He was my first born. My son. A piece of me that I somehow didn’t destroy in his first year of life. That…
How To Pick A Baby Name
Picking a baby name is easy. It’s spelling it that is the hard part.
Back That Thing Up
My grandmother kept all our old photos in meticulous scrapbooks. All organized by date and trip, annotated with park admission ticket stubs and stories of our adventures. She had no backup for those scrapbooks. The…
6 Things New Parents DONT Need To Buy
When you’re a new parent, you spend a lot of time buying new things and getting ready for the kids. Here’s the thing: you don’t need a lot of that crap.
Two Is Enough
Today I had a needless, no scalpel vasectomy. What it feels like is going to the dentist, except that dull, numb pseudo pain is in your groin. Just because there is no scalpel in the vasectomy, doesn’t mean there aren’t scissors.
Is Walking With Dinosaurs Okay For Kids?
Is Walking With Dinosaurs okay for kids? Yes, but you should prepare them first by watching some dinosaur videos on youtube.
Four Fathers on Father’s Day
Dads are different. We get it. But Father’s Day is just as important. This entire website is a dedication to what it means to be a Dad. It’s about compromise, it’s about fear, it’s about…
Warming up to Fathers Day…
Well, I’ll admit that I have never been one for what I have considered to be Hallmark holidays. Those are days like Mothers Day, Fathers Day and well Administrative Professionals’ Day (formerly Secretary’s Day) for that matter.
Balancing Your Needs And Theirs
[twitter]Being a dad isn’t always about doing what you want to do. Actually, it rarely is. It’s about compromise. I received a last minute invitation to see Mitch Joel and Gary Vaynerchuk speak today. The…
The Miracle Of Childbirth
[twitter]My wife has been pregnant twice. We have two gorgeous healthy boys. We went 2 for 2. We were lucky. For the third time I’ve had a friend witness the unbearable – a premature child…
Truth In Dadvertising: Dads Change Diapers Too
Sometimes advertising can be annoying the way it generalizes and stereotypes. Specifically the ads that always seem to have dads as mindless meatheads who mean well but can never seem to get anything right when…
I Forgot I Had A Second Son
I am a father of 2. I have to constantly remind myself of this. Zacharie is closing in on 3, Charles was born in January. You can imagine the level of interaction the two of…
Toddler 101: Temper Tantrums
These are notes taken from Toddler 101, a program presented by our daycare where Gillian Ashley-Martz, a Registered Clinical Counsellor, a mother of two and Certified Canadian Family Educator who has been working with families…
Toddler 101: The Job Description
These are notes taken from Toddler 101, a program presented by our daycare where Gillian Ashley-Martz, a Registered Clinical Counsellor, a mother of two and Certified Canadian Family Educator who has been working with families…
Anticipation Of Things To Come
I’m not sure how I got my views of what raising a newborn will be like, but apparently they are pretty off. I realized it when my wife and I were discussing ditching cable. She…