After 4 months of content and lots of love from other sites, we felt it was time to return the favor. The following are a bunch of sites that dig what we do and we dig them for digging us. So after you spend some time getting through our site, take a side trip to these guys. They offer great content for parents and most specifically dads. Enjoy!
Where there are large crowds, there will no doubt be parents with their adventurous toddlers. Unfortunately, that means you will see what I consider to be an inhumane parental practice: using the toddler leash. For those who are unfamiliar, here"s how it works: you strap a velcro strap to your kid"s wrist or in some cases, a harness to their chest, and then you hold on to the other side of the strap.
Does that sound familiar? Maybe because that"s how you make sure your dog doesn"t run away. I have news for you. Although your kid may poodad like a dog, and sometimes smell like a dog, they are not dogs. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the first things you will hear after the birth of your kid, is the APGAR score. This will be called out by the delivery nurse after you hear your kid"s first cry, after you hear your wife sobbing and before you start calling your family telling them the good news.
The word rhymes with Ackbar but is of no relation to the brilliant Mon Calamari commander of the Rebel Fleet, Admiral Ackbar. APGAR is an acronym for Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration. Basically, your kid will be tested at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth and it gives the medical staff an idea of how well your kid is doing. Each of the 5 scores are generated from the following standard: Read the rest of this entry »
I often wonder if this is the kind of selfishness that leads to tweens and teenagers full of identity crises, senses of loss and resentment. Some people have video cameras and do not use them on their adoption day sighting that they probably will not watch them. When you become a dad, it is no longer all about you. Your daughter or son will want to watch that video. You already know that a lot of your soon-to-be son or daughter’s past is a puzzle, you should want to help them fill in as much of that puzzle as possible. Kids are extremely inquisitive. Their brains are like little sponges that suck up every drop of knowledge they possibly can. And they do love to ask questions. 
As a member of the international adoption community, nothing burns me up more than a parent who thinks that just because the kid is now under their care and becomes their child, they immediately relinquish their original nationality. “She"s an American now!”
As a soon-to-be-dad you will be confronted with some terms that are confusing, strange, and downright-alien. Never fear! Like Frank and Buster of the Koala Brothers, "We"re here to help!" Study them pre-dads. You will be exposed to these terms, and knowledge of them will earn you some serious points with the wife. I am proud to present the first installment of the Predad Dictionary. For this installment, we will concentrate on terms pertaining to the vaginal area. Some of these terms are gruesome but better you hear it from me than discovering it for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Noodads, this is the 21st century. It"s time to push your exhausted wives out of the way, strap on the apron, and start cooking for a change. All you need to master the kitchen and your family"s appetite is this new cookbook, "See Dad Cook" from father of two, author, and professional chef, Wayne Harley Brachman.
And we are pleased to announce that, compliments of Chef Brachman and Random House, Inc., we are giving away 3 FREE copies of this book. See details below.
The extended title on the front cover says it all: The Only Book a Guy Needs to Feed Family and Friends (and Himself). This book provides tons of recipes that are easy to prepare with ingredients that are easy to pronounce. And better yet, they are "battlefield-tested" dishes that your family will eat up. I made the Pizza Noodles and my finicky daughter mowed it down. I also tried the Macaroni Salad and both my kid"s plates were cleared.
There is an 800 pound gorilla in the noodad.com headquarters and it"s about time someone addressed him. I"m talking about the topic of kids, TV, and fast food. Now before everyone gets up in arms about how there are studies that show this, or research that shows that, let me save your breath. The fact is, a kid that grows up without watching TV or eating fast food, will be a social misfit destined to binge themselves to obesity. Read the rest of this entry »
Taking paternity leave is a decision some noodads find
difficult. What isn't difficult is seeing the benefits taking a
paternity leave can have. But when demands of a job, a mortgage or
rent, and family life get involved, it could get your head spinning.
That is why, once again, noodad.com is here to help. Following are
answers to some popular questions about paternity leave:
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Announcing 2 new designs in the Noodad Store: Your kid"s mom is hot. That"s why you got with her in the first place. Now"s the time to tell the world with this new design.
And you know your kid is da shizzle. The "My Kid PWNS" design is all you need to represent.
Both designs are available now in t-shirts and bumper stickers! Click here.
Happy 4th of July noodads!
Have fun watching fireworks, barbecueing monster meat creations, and most importantly: spending quality time with your family.
