Welcome to another installment of our weekly feature: Ask the Chick.
The chick is Latia Harris, a noodad reader and mom
with a lot of answers for you. Each week, Latia will answer the
questions you don’t have the balls to ask your own wives.
Dear Chick,
My wife only wants to have sex in the bedroom, but I want to be more adventurous. How do I open her up to new things?
-Bored in Portland
Kids clothes are tricky for dads. Some dads operate under the premise that whatever their wives buy for their kids, that's what they wear. In some extreme cases, there are dads who obsess over their kids (from infancy to school age) always sporting the local team jersey.
I consider myself in a lucky situation(somewhere inthe middle): my wife does the majority of the clothes shopping but she holds my opinions in high regard: many times IM'ing me links from Gymboree.com or BabyStyle or Janie and Jack and asking me to pick out what I like. When we are at the mall, she will hold up two different shirts and ask me to pick which one I like. For those who don't know me personally, the one with any orange in it is always the winner.
I love that she includes me in the decisions and values my tastes. Most of the times, I am able to truly help pick out my kids' wardrobes. And work in the occasional Red Sox jersey in there. But every once in a while, there is a surprise. Once in a blue moon, a rogue article of clothing makes it into the wardrobe, off the hanger and onto my poor kid's body. Read the rest of this entry »
Typically we take a more serious turn when it comes to our Master Debaters feature every friday. But for today's entry I thought we would revisit a topic only the real diehard Noodad fans will be familiar with. This is a topic that Foodad and I ran as a poll on Noodad.com back in the day (Read March 2006).
In the old days, when a pregnant woman was past her due date , the only option was to wait it out until the baby decided to come out. But with modern medicine, there is a greater flexibility with inducing labor and a more calculated science in when the baby comes into this world.
Typically, the "time of birth" is as arbitrarily insignificant as a "time of death". You are so damn exhausted by the labor that you just care about the baby's health. But there is one time of year where a difference in seconds can make a huge difference. Which brings me to this week's question - a question of money versus fame: Read the rest of this entry »
A: Both are overburdened, typically poorly equipped and under-celebrated.
On Everest expeditions, Sherpas lug an average of 250 lbs of gear on their backs using simple burlap slings but when was the last time you saw a Sherpa in one of those smiling, sunburned, flag-planting summit photos in National Geographic?
You schlep what amounts to a proportional ton of gear in a pitiful assemblage of carriers and you’re usually behind the camera rather than in front of it…so you’re not in the summit photos…or at least the photos with the llamas from the visit to the petting zoo! Read the rest of this entry »
My son was born last friday. He became my third kid and believe me when I tell you, having another kid rocks your world, having a third kid will downright destroy you.
About 7 months ago, just around the time when I started telling people about the pregnancy, I was flying home on a business trip from Austin to Boston and I started talking to a guy sitting next to me. I typically ignore people who sit next to me, but for some reason I felt a connection with this guy. During our conversation, he told me that he had three kids to which I revealed my news. I asked him what I needed to know about having a third kid and he pulled out this little nugget:
"Let me tell you in terms that only a guy would understand" he said, "the main difference is with 3 kids, you need to go from man-to-man defense to zone." Read the rest of this entry »
My wife is a big grocery gamer, so we see a lot of products come through our place when things are on sale. Some of these we never hear from again and some of them make their way into our regular rotation. As a result we have tried most brands of diaper on both our son and daughter. Current analysis would show that we are mostly Huggies loyalists, but Pampers are fine by us. Luvs, coupon or no coupon, are banned from the Foodad household after the Great 3 Day Crib Flood of 2004. My wife has even used the Target premium model with good results with our son, but I believe that recently stopped making them so we switched back to Huggies.
In celebration of April Fool's Day I thought it would be fitting to celebrate April Foo's Day, in honor ofmy partner in crime, Foodad. Here are links to some of the best articles Foodad has written over the last year. Enjoy!
The Princess Guide (The Big 6) Cinderella –
This may be the most important to know. Little girl’s father (LOADED
WITH MONEY) dies after which her step mother shows her true colors. Her
Fairy godmother hooks her up with some cool threads and a phat ride to
go to the ball. She dances the whole night with the prince, but ends up
having to leave because the magic wears off at midnight. She
leaves a glass slipper behind which the King’s minions eventually use
to find her.
Welcome to another installment of our weekly feature: Ask the Chick.
Kids clothes are tricky for dads. Some dads operate under the premise that whatever their wives buy for their kids, that's what they wear. In some extreme cases, there are dads who obsess over their kids (from infancy to school age) always sporting the local team jersey. 
Typically we take a more serious turn when it comes to our Master Debaters feature every friday. But for today's entry I thought we would revisit a topic only the real diehard Noodad fans will be familiar with. This is a topic that Foodad and I ran as a poll on Noodad.com back in the day (Read March 2006).
Q: What do dads and Sherpas have in common?
My son was born last friday. He became my third kid and believe me when I tell you, having another kid rocks your world, having a third kid will downright destroy you.
In celebration of April Fool's Day I thought it would be fitting to celebrate April Foo's Day, in honor ofmy partner in crime, Foodad. Here are links to some of the best articles Foodad has written over the last year. Enjoy!
