My kids are part of a generation that is far less exposed to advertising than I was. At some point when I was not paying particular attention to kids shows it became taboo to put ads in little kids shows. So instead they put sponsorships at the beginning or they will put an ad or mini infomercial at the end of the show. When I was just a foolad, there were 2 ways that we knew all the kick ass, must-have toys: we would look at those awesome catalogs from companies like Best, JC Penney or Service Merchandise or we would also see about 1,000 TV ads per day during shows.
I am not even going to try and hide the fact that I watched WAY too much TV as a kid. As a result, I have themes and ads in my head that I cannot get rid of. Who needs to be able to sing the Facts of Life theme song or the Jacko Energizer ad? If I could hook my brain up to my computer via USB, I would trash all sorts of useless junk that is floating around in there to make room for more useful stuff. Plus I would be filthy rich because I figured out how to jack into my noodle and read it like it was a Linux box and a MySQL database.
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It’s the heart of winter here in New England and don’t look now, but here comes another one. Not a nasty snowstorm, but a week-long school vacation for the kids. There are two ways parents view this week.
For some families, it’s just what the doctor ordered: a chance to take a break from our crazy, hectic day-to-day schedules and to spend time with the kids. Perhaps you stay around the house playing board games and doing crafts. Maybe you take day trips to museums or visit your local movie theater to see a new flick. If you’re really lucky and have the vacation time and extra scratch to swing it, maybe you jet off to warmer climes to trade snow and slush for surf and sand.
Having your first kid is stressful, scary as hell, and drop dead amazing all at once. But, should you be fortunate to share the responsibilities with a spouse, you have the ability to tag team all the screams, cries, vomit, and piss on the walls. You have one responsibility and you do everything you can to take care of that little bugger.
Having another kid, on the other hand, evens out the teams. Now you need to worry about KID A (god, I love Radiohead) and KID B. You have to worry about meeting each of their needs. And you have to worry about how they both interact with you and your wife, and how they interact with each other. Read the rest of this entry »
Foodad and I happen to celebrate Christmas. But no matter what you celebrate, or if you don't celebrate anything at all, we'd like to thank you for your support in Noodad.com's inaugural year. We promise to continue to give you straightforward advice that only a bunch of dads can give.
Since March 7th, 2006 (the day Noodad.com launched), we have published over 175 original articles ranging from advice to instructions to eye candy to debates. Read the rest of this entry »
Growing up, I vividly recall waiting for the annual airing of the classic Christmas specials. The networks would start advertising right after Thanksgiving, and I’d count the days until I’d be reunited with the Grinch, Rudolph, and Frosty. Even though I knew the outcome of each Christmas special, I still had to see them. Now, thanks to the proliferation of cable stations and licensing agreements, you can’t channel surf in December without running into these specials. In viewing some of these with an older and wiser eye, I detected some extremely negative themes behind the saccharine sweet songs and smiling claymation visages on the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
The fact is that even cute and cuddly babies get dirty. Whether you bathe them in the tub or in the sink, you need to be very careful when drying them off. In todays first installment of the Noodad “How Not To” series, we take a look at the proper way to get that little monster dried off.
I will start by explaining it here and then if you like, you can me demonstrate on the next page how to and how not to dry a baby. In coming weeks, we will return to Noodad Labs and enlist the help of stunt babies like Baby Alex to show you a good way to accomplish daily kid care tasks. Remember, the “How Not To”s are strictly that. Do not try these at home. Our stunt babies are here to demonstrate the perils of fumbling through fatherhood with no guide so that you do not have to!
There
is a technique that you need to know. It is guaranteed to stop your
crying baby instantaneously. It is extremely easy to execute and it's
power is half Jedi Mind Trick, half Vulcan Death Grip.
Yet no one ever seems to talk about it. In fact, my wife and I would
never have known it if our kid's pediatrician didn't tell us. So why
the secrecy? Probably because no one has the balls to reveal the
secret. I am proud to announce that my balls are fully loaded. Here's
how to perform the only anti-crying maneuver you will ever need. Read the rest of this entry »
International Adoption often includes traveling to far off
countries with upside down time tables. You know what I mean. China
for instance is 12 or 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.The good people of your adoption agency
understand this. Acclimation is one of the (best) reasons that they schedule a
few days in Beijing
before you go to your baby’s capital city. If you decide to travel to Korea, Russia,
Kazakhstan,
the same could easily apply.
While you are spending 2 weeks in China getting to know your new
baby, the excitement builds at home. When we went, we literally had a few thousand hits to our blog while we were gone.We also had a gallery on the site and
uploaded about 100 pictures while we were overseas.Then the scary thing started to happen. We
started to get emails from family and friends telling us that they were looking
forward to seeing us after we got home. They were even proposing dates to do
so.The excitement of the moment clearly
clouded their thinking as many of these messages mentioned the week that we got
home as “good” meeting times.At the
time, even my wife and I did not appreciate the magnitude of the problem.We added additional stress to our situation
that we could have prevented with George-Bush-style preemptive measures.
It is not uncommon that after you experience a pregnancy on the front lines (i.e. your significant other going through it) that you will have a newfound appreciation for the physical beauty that a pregnant woman possesses.
You may have fashioned yourself as a “leg guy” or a “boob guy” up to now, but now you find yourself unable to take your eyes off the”pregnant” part of your wife’s body. The enlarged breasts probably don’t hurt either.
It is only natural to feel that way. After all, your pregnant wife is going through maximum hormonal overdrive. She waddles with a glow that you probably haven’t seen since you proposed to her. Of course that is hot. And she is carrying your baby for god’s sake. You know that rules! Read the rest of this entry »
It’s the heart of winter here in New England and don’t look now, but here comes another one. Not a nasty snowstorm, but a week-long school vacation for the kids. There are two ways parents view this week.
Having your first kid is stressful, scary as hell, and drop dead amazing all at once. But, should you be fortunate to share the responsibilities with a spouse, you have the ability to tag team all the screams, cries, vomit, and piss on the walls. You have one responsibility and you do everything you can to take care of that little bugger.
Growing up, I vividly recall waiting for the annual airing of the classic Christmas specials. The networks would start advertising right after Thanksgiving, and I’d count the days until I’d be reunited with the Grinch, Rudolph, and Frosty. Even though I knew the outcome of each Christmas special, I still had to see them. Now, thanks to the proliferation of cable stations and licensing agreements, you can’t channel surf in December without running into these specials. In viewing some of these with an older and wiser eye, I detected some extremely negative themes behind the saccharine sweet songs and smiling claymation visages on the screen. 
There
International Adoption often includes traveling to far off
It is not uncommon that after you experience a pregnancy on the front lines (i.e. your significant other going through it) that you will have a newfound appreciation for the physical beauty that a pregnant woman possesses.
