I haven’t known a lot of twins in my lifetime – but I feel like whenever I have known some, it’s been VERY hard for me to tell them apart. There are still some twins that I just cannot tell apart. So, it was slightly disconcerting when I found out we were going to be […]
Poll: Diapers – Cloth or Disposable?
Sarah and I talked a bit tonight about diapers. Sarah’s mom, Karen, sent us a copy of the The Eco-nomical Baby Guide: Down-to-Earth Ways for Parents to Save Money and the Planet. Sarah was reading the parts about diapers and she started talking about cloth diapers. Hmmm. Cloth diapers. Yay…..I actually know that cloth diapers […]
Give Advice to New Parents Registering for a Baby Shower
This morning while Sarah and I were at our weekly “Day Off Breakfast” (otherwise known as “It’s frickin’ 7am and I’m hungry so get your butt out of bed so we can go get some food!”), we were talking about baby stuff: names, showers, registering for stuff, etc. And we were surprised to realize that…huh, […]
How to be Alone…
Paternity Leave Poll Results: Fathers Don’t Get Enough Time Off
I wanted to briefly share with you the results of our first Dazed Dad poll. The question wasn’t worded well, and I think the votes reflect that. The question was “What is the average length of paternity leave for working fathers?” The question should have been worded more like, “What should working fathers receive for […]
Trying to be Helpful but…Husband #FAIL
So last night I decided to be helpful. This isn’t to say that I haven’t been helpful so far in this pregnancy…I’ve been doing pretty well picking stuff up around the house, taking over the vacuuming (even though that chore had just recently been switched over to Sarah before we found out we were pregnant), […]
I may be a Dazed Dad, but what about my wife?!
While this blog is called Dazed Dad, I’m fully aware that after the birth of our twins, I won’t be the only one in our home who is going to be dazed. There is going to be so much going on, so much to think about, so much that we won’t at all be prepared […]
Phil Dunphy on “Peerenting”
As I begin to think about what kind of father I hope to be some day – I’m so blessed to have both the insights and lessons taught to me by my own father – and of course, by Phil Dunphy from “Modern Family.” Here Phil shares some of his insights on “peerenting” – golden […]
Poll: Paternity Leave – How Long do you Stay at Home?
While the doctor was doing our very first ultrasound, and after she told us that we were pregnant with twins, I turned to Sarah and said, “So – I guess this means I’m going to need to take a full week off from work now, huh?” Of course, I was joking, but paternity leave is […]
Litany – Teaching Your Child Poetry
There are some YouTube videos of a young boy reciting Billy Collins poetry that are just amazing. I was going to just embed the video here but for some reason, the owner has disabled embedding. At any rate – this kid is so talented…Sarah saw this and was just amazed. The inflection he uses is […]