Newborns don’t really care about Halloween. They are mostly dressed up so you can get some pictures and show off how cute they are to your neighbors. But once your kid reaches 3 and 4 years old, Halloween will be as exciting to them as the Super Bowl is to you. Here are some tips to help you prepare your toddler (and yourself) for the spookiest day of the year. Read the rest of this entry »
Here”s a game you and your wife can play with your baby or toddler. It”s competitive, has sweet rewards, and your kid will get exercise. Now what”s better than that? Learn about the fun new craze that will sweep baby nation, Super Blockmasta Kidestructo: The Game
Here”s what you will need to play the game:
• 2 sets of building blocks (Not LEGO or anything that snaps together)
• A crawling or barely walking baby
• A desire to kick your wife”s butt in everything you do
• A willingness to bet on your building skills or pay the price
Here’s how to play:
Position you and your wife between 5 and 10 feet from each other. You and your wife each builds a tower of blocks. Once the towers are built, place your kid in the middle.The goal is to try and get your kid AKA Super Blockmasta Kidestructo to knock down the other person”s tower. So as you and your wife are furiously building towers, your kid is getting a workout of epic proportions.
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 »
It's that time of year again: the time when the coolest toys of the year also become the hardest to find. Your kids are no dummies. They know which toys are badass and which toys aren't. It is by design that the toys they absolutely have to have are the ones that you can't seem to find.
This has been going on for generations. Marketers design product launch programs to prey on chumps like us who will do anything for our little boys and girls come Christmas time. They flood the marketplace with key product placements and targeted commercials. Then they limit the distribution and deliver product in phases leading up to Christmas to build up demand and whet the appetites of your kids and yourself. Read the rest of this entry »
Parents take youth sports seriously. Sometimes more seriously than their kids do. Combine the rabid nature of getting your kid to excel in sports with the changing landscape in equal rights and you have a potential powder keg brewing on the little league field.
On one hand you have parents who want their kid to play and enjoy whatever sport they want to. Sometimes that means daughters playing on boys little league teams. But there is a double standard when you don't allow boys to play on girls softball teams.
This article is born out of comments from wahoodad
We've hosted two of my son's parties at our house (not counting his 1st B-day). We found that the first thing you have to do is have a plan and execute it.
Step 1 is to have a defined party time limit and mark it clearly on the invitation. Sometimes guests have trouble with an open-ended invite. You know, the cutesy "12:00 to ????". If you tell them when to arrive and when to GTFO they won't be wondering if they need to stay longer so as to not appear rude, or when to figure out they've overstayed their welcome.
As
a dad-to-be 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 third installment of the Predad Dictionary.
For this installment, we will concentrate on terms pertaining to tests
and checkpoints during pregnancy. Basically any thing that involves a
needle, a vial, or a machine touching your wife can be found here. Read the rest of this entry »
When your dad was a kid he and his buddies used to run around the yard shooting each other with slingshots and pellet guns. They would happily plunk each other in the ass or neck or eye with BBs, rocks and marbles. Of course YOU were never allowed to do the same. Your dear old folks would never allow it. My dad used to talk about how his friend blew his thumb off with a cherry bomb. I bet that he and his friends were allowed and encouraged to play with explosives. In contrast to them, we were stuck running around the yard "shooting" each other with toy replica AK47s and stabbing away with our plastic bowie knives. Of course you cannot do that today. Now all of the guns are pink and orange and fire water, while all edges have been converted from Bert to Ernie.
And now noodad, ask yourself: Would I let my kids play with the toys I had as a kid?
You’ll notice many quirky behaviors by your spouse during her pregnancy, many of them hormonally driven. Whether you like it or not, you’ll be affected by these behaviors, too. Around the fifth month (on average, but can occur later in some women) you’ll take part in a phenomenon known as “nesting”.
Nesting refers to a mother’s innate response to prepare your offspring’s habitat prior to birth and it is something humans share with other members of the animal kingdom. Turn on Animal Planet or The Discovery Channel and you’ll see some examples. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re like me, your weekends are populated with a combination of exhausting family activities and recovering from said activities. It can be pretty tough to get a guys night in because your noodad buddies are in the same boat and your single buddies probably go out much later than you can handle. You’re probably thinking that having a guys night at home is a cool idea in theory, but that you’ll need Star Trek beaming technology to send the family to Abhu Dhabi for the evening.
Not so, as long as you don’t live in a studio apartment or cardboard shanty, you can have a guys night AND your wife can have a night out by herself or with her friends, but you may need some remedial noodad.com courses before you can do it. Read the rest of this entry »
Newborns don’t really care about Halloween. They are mostly dressed up so you can get some pictures and show off how cute they are to your neighbors. But once your kid reaches 3 and 4 years old, Halloween will be as exciting to them as the Super Bowl is to you. Here are some tips to help you prepare your toddler (and yourself) for the spookiest day of the year.
Here”s a game you and your wife can play with your baby or toddler. It”s competitive, has sweet rewards, and your kid will get exercise. Now what”s better than that? Learn about the fun new craze that will sweep baby nation, Super Blockmasta Kidestructo: The Game
It's that time of year again: the time when the coolest toys of the year also become the hardest to find. Your kids are no dummies. They know which toys are badass and which toys aren't. It is by design that the toys they absolutely have to have are the ones that you can't seem to find.
Parents take youth sports seriously. Sometimes more seriously than their kids do. Combine the rabid nature of getting your kid to excel in sports with the changing landscape in equal rights and you have a potential powder keg brewing on the little league field.
This article is born out of comments from wahoodad
As
When your dad was a kid he and his buddies used to run around the yard shooting each other with slingshots and pellet guns. They would happily plunk each other in the ass or neck or eye with BBs, rocks and marbles. Of course YOU were never allowed to do the same. Your dear old folks would never allow it. My dad used to talk about how his friend blew his thumb off with a cherry bomb. I bet that he and his friends were allowed and encouraged to play with explosives. In contrast to them, we were stuck running around the yard "shooting" each other with toy replica AK47s and stabbing away with our plastic bowie knives. Of course you cannot do that today. Now all of the guns are pink and orange and fire water, while all edges have been converted from Bert to Ernie.
You’ll notice many quirky behaviors by your spouse during her pregnancy, many of them hormonally driven. Whether you like it or not, you’ll be affected by these behaviors, too. Around the fifth month (on average, but can occur later in some women) you’ll take part in a phenomenon known as “nesting”.
If you’re like me, your weekends are populated with a combination of exhausting family activities and recovering from said activities. It can be pretty tough to get a guys night in because your noodad buddies are in the same boat and your single buddies probably go out much later than you can handle. You’re probably thinking that having a guys night at home is a cool idea in theory, but that you’ll need Star Trek beaming technology to send the family to Abhu Dhabi for the evening.
