SEFs: Why they rule and you can’t

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There Ain’t Nothing Wrong With Breasts

Dawn Olsen has published a good article at Blogcritics on the
controversial breastfeeding cover on BabyTalk magazine. Following is an
excerpt from her article with my comments following:

"In this country, we want our breasts to be large, full, and barely
covered by skin-tight Hooters' t-shirts."

NOODAD RESPONSE: Absolutely

"What we DON'T want,
apparently, is to see pictures of babies
doing what babies have done since the dawning of mankind: nursing at
the nipple of their mother. The outrage over a cover shot on BabyTalk magazine for an article on breastfeeding is hysterically ironic."

NOODAD RESPONSE: I have no complaints

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Parental Sleep Strategies for the Noodad

All’s
fair in love and war, and introducing a child into your home is a
full-scale assault on your ability to get a good night’s sleep. You
regularly will be jerked from the deepest period of repose in your
circadian rhythm by the cries or your kid. Loving parent that you are,
you’ll take it all in stride—but sometimes, man, you’ve just got to
catch those z’s. That means the adult on the other side of the Sealy
Posturepedic must tend to your kid’s needs during peak sleeping hours.
With a steely resolve and emotionless use of the following Parental
Sleep Strategies (PSS), you can get the sleep you need.
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Crib Tents: Cruel or Practical?

Child
development, especially in the first 3 years, is made up of a series of
transition periods. One such transition will occur typically between
the ages of 2 and 3. That is the transition between crib and toddler
bed.

Here's how it may go down: Your kid will be comfortable in their crib
one night—probably in the same exact position in the morning as how you
left them the night before. Then one morning you will find your kid and
they will be in  a different position. After that, you'll go in
one morning and they will be standing in their crib waiting for you to
come and get them. This marks the last time your kid will be innocent
in your eyes. Because the next step can be a scary one or a very scary
one. I'm talking about when you go into your kid's room and you either
find them trying to climb out of the crib or even worse, already on the
floor below.
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Don’t Be That Guy. Be a Real Dad

It
takes dedication and concentration to not be "that" guy.You know "that"
guy: the one you see in public exhibiting parental stupidity and you
just shake your head in dropjaw amazement. The type of guy that gives
the rest of us dads a bad name.

Parenting is a full time job fellas. It is easy to slack off. I'm just
as guilty of it. In order to save you from being "that" guy, I present
you a list of common "that guy" offenses. Sometimes it is easy to
forget you are a responsible dad and you need a big, swift, kick in the
arse to stay on track. Consider this a literary manifestation of a size
12 steel toe doc marten.
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Are Your Kids Wimps?

"Maybe it's the cyclist in the park, trim under his
sleek metallic blue helmet, cruising along the dirt path… at three
miles an hour. On his tricycle.

Or perhaps
it's today's playground, all-rubber-cushioned surface where kids used
to skin their knees. And… wait a minute… those aren't little kids
playing. Their mommies—and especially their daddies—are in there with
them, coplaying or play-by-play coaching. Few take it half-easy on the
perimeter benches, as parents used to do, letting the kids figure
things out for themselves."

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