A few weeks ago, Sarah texted me and said that her belly-button seems to have “popped” and she was wondering if that meant that Caleb was ready to come out. I know that she’s getting to the point in pregnancy where she would love for Caleb to come any day now. And I’m pretty excited […]
Registering for Baby Stuff
Wow. Yesterday we went to Babies”R”Us and started our journey into the baby registry world. I knew we’d be overwhelmed, and we were. But thankfully we’ve received some really helpful emails from close friends about the stuff they loved, and Sarah is amazing at reading Amazon.com reviews and finding out all the details. We have […]
Bring It On!
A few nights ago I had a dream. It was the first “baby dream” I’ve had, and…well, it was a little scary. In the dream, the baby was crying, Sarah was saying, “It’s YOUR turn. GO get him” and I was walking over to the crib, picking him up, and just holding him, staring into […]
Father of Two: None Living
A quote from “A Grace Disguised” – a book about grief and loss by Jerry Sittser: “Catastrophic loss by definition precludes recovery. It will transform us or destroy us, but it will never leave us the same. There is no going back to the past, which is gone forever, only going ahead to the future, […]
Poll: What is the youngest age you’d let babysit newborn twins?
Alright everyone – time for another Dazed Dad Poll. Since we have such an amazing community of folks at our church – and since I’m a youth/young adults pastor, as soon as we told people we were pregnant, we got a TON of people letting us know they were ready to babysit anytime. Now, some […]
A Note to Stay-at-home Dads
I’m lucky to have a job that will enable me the flexibility to be at home with the kids and be able to do some work from home once they are born. I know that not all dads have jobs that would give them that flexibility. And so while I’m not going to be a […]
I am a Contributor at Man of the House
I’m excited to share a fun announcement with all of you readers of DazedDad.com. After having just launched the site on August 18th, 2010, DazedDad.com is going to be bought out by….okay, well, not really. But I’m open to it. In fact, if you’re interested, I’d be willing to sell you DazedDad.com for…$1,000,000. Let me […]
5 Things I’ve Learned about Parenting from YouTube
You just brought your beautiful baby home from the hospital. Now what? The fact is no one is really ever prepared for parenthood. It’s a whole new world and your life will change with a newborn. But there is one important resource to help you to get a head start on this whole parenting thing […]
Diaper Poll Results: People Like to Mix it Up
A few weeks ago I posted a poll about diapers. I wanted to get a feel for what folks were doing when it came to diapers, whether people were going solely cloth, or disposable. There were some really good and helpful comments on the post about diapers and the pros and cons of both kinds, […]
Two BABYBJÖRN BabySitters (and 2 wooden toy attachments) for $50
Today we had our first experience at one of the Twin Valley Mothers of Twins Club sales. We didn’t really know what we wanted – and didn’t want to buy a bunch of stuff that we may get at showers anyway – but we did want to see if we could find any great deals. […]