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Remember the time you were walking down the street, minding your own business, and you stepped on an errant rollerskate and went sliding out of control towards a the subway station stairway where you then proceeded to fall down 40 steps and land on a yak? or in some yak? the technicolor yawn kind! Even if that was succeeded by a piano landing on your head, that day was child”s play compared to the mental abuse you are going to experience in the delivery room.
We all remember the scene from Alien where the alien larvae busts through the guy”s stomach. That was AWESOME. Well this isn”t like that, it IS that. The baby wants out, she wants it out and it”s more painful than 20 consecutive “humilating kicks in the crotch” to do so.
The great Bill Cosby talks about how his wife stood up in the middle of labor and announced that his parents were never married. In order to descibe the pain, she also opted to grab his bottom lip and pull it up over his forehead. My wife kindly explained to me that if I did not do everything she requested, she would strangle me with the umbilical cord or any available cord, cable or wire.
It’s the lovely month of February: a time when the tissue boxes come out and the flip flops and sandbox toys are a distant memory. With cold weather comes sickness, and with sickness typically comes infection.
One of the most common infections with kids is in the ear. This is basically due to the buildup of fluid and pressure around the eardrum. This happens more in kids because their eustachian tubes are shorter and thus, when the tube gets inflamed and builds up with fluid, you got yourself an ear infection.
But what do you do when your kid has an ear infection and is screaming bloody murder from the pain? There are a few things you can do before you get your kid diagnosed and pumped full of antibiotics. Read the rest of this entry »
The guy in this picture is not loving life. I should know because it is of me. I’m not happy because it was taken last night at 2:30 AM outside my local 24 hour CVS Pharmacy.
The reason for my early morning visit to the local CVS was not by choice. I was there because at 12:30 AM my 5 year old daughter screamed bloody murder complaining about pain in her ears. This pain, we found out, was due to 2 bulging ear infections. The problem is when we called the hotline of the pediatrician, the on-call nurse told us to give her Children’s Motrin.
That was fine and dandy except for the fact that we had no Children’s Motrin (or any other children’s ibuprofen) on hand. Which means it was listen to my daughter scream in agony and in effect, wake up her 2 younger brothers, or get my sorry ass out of bed and into my car. Read the rest of this entry »
Finally, national recognition (and reality revealed) for what us dads come to realize very quickly when we become dads - that the burden of keeping the physical romance alive when you have a family falls to us guys and that we’re pretty great for figuring out how to do it!
Where is this recognition coming from? NPR of all places. That’s right - National Public Radio.
Commentator Patrica Dunnigan’s revelation of the “romantic prowess” of “suburban dads” and assertion that “it is time to extend some long-overdue credit” should cause us all to puff up our chests and her words (which you can listen to or read here) should make us all smile. It did for me.
A little Valentine’s Day gift from NPR.
A couple of lollipops in Lakeland Florida were found to have fragments of metal and razor blades inside forcing the Dollar General Stores chain to recall all lollipops sold by them nationwide.
The offending suckers were red Pokemon-themed heart lollipops. And even if you don’t think you or your kids’ classmates bought their candy at the Doller Store, this is a great reminder to always check candy before you give it to your kids.
There has been no official determination yet on how many lollipops are affected or whether it is a manufacturing glitch or an act of tampering.
That’s right, I said “Mega Bloks kick Lego’s ass*.” But note the asterisk.
I realize that to some, this statement may represent toy chest blasphemy. If you’re offended or think I’m nuts, you a) don’t have kids, b) you have a baby that’s too young to play with building blocks or c) your kids are older than five. See, Mega Bloks’ superiority is tied to timing.
I grew up on Lego. And clearly, for dexterous, imaginative minds, there’s nothing better. But for little hands just discovering the utility of opposable thumbs, learning how to apply pressure and with imprecise eye/hand coordination, even Lego’s most juvenile offering - Lego Quatro can prove to be frustrating. Mega Bloks on the other hand are all about “margins of error.”
In a past Master Debaters article we asked noodad.com readers to give their opinions on circumcisions for their sons. Whether you’re a lawsuit-filing Intactivist bent on trimming circumcision from the litany of routine procedures for newborns, or you celebrate the cut like new mom and pop diva Christina Aguilera, the decision to circumcise (or not) is highly contentious. Don’t stress about the issue too much, though, because your decision to circumcise your son isn’t necessarily the last word on his foreskin.
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