Daddy Dan

To all you mothers out there: Happy Mother’s Day!
I hope you all have a wonderful day, and I hope all of your efforts have been as appreciated as my wife’s efforts have been appreciated by me, although I may not tell her as often as I should.
My wife, as I always knew she would […]

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Last night, I called home from work at about 8:00pm.  I wanted to let my wife know that I was getting ready to head for home and I also wanted to tell The Babito good night.
He got on the phone and said “Hi Doddy”  (that’s his pronounciation of Daddy.  Sometimes it’s hard to tell if […]

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Before I get to the point, I just want to stress how lucky we’ve been with The Babito.  He’s not a fussy eater, he’s an excellent sleeper (usually in bed by 8:00 and always sleeps throughout the night), and has been very good at doing what we ask him to do.
But lately he’s begun to […]

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I am always amazed at the speed in which The Babito is growing up and the new things he learns every day.
Here’s some examples:

When it’s time for me to give him his bath, he walks upstairs, takes his teddy bear and binky into his room and puts it on the chair, without me even telling […]

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If you haven’t visited MetroDad’s site before, I highly recommend you do.His latest post, “It Takes a Village: Questions for Other Parents” is hilarious.Some of my favorites: 
Why does everyone freak out about potty training?  Do you have any adult friends who “just never quite got the hang of it?
Is it really possible for a human […]

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I feel like ranting a little today, so bear with me….
Since last Tuesday I’ve been working crazy hours on a major project at work.  It’s to the point that I only got to see The Babito one night last week before he went to bed.  Over the weekend I was working from home so I […]

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As I was looking at my stats seeing what people are searching for and what they’ve been led to on my blog.  I found an old post that I had previously forgotten about but read again with great interest now that The Babito has been growing up so fast.  You can read the whole post […]

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A father’s beautiful story at Dad Gone Mad

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Via ririan project.com:
1.  Keeping stress to yourself
“Children shouldn’t have to be burdened with adult problems. They have enough to deal with just being kids; growing, learning, exploring, and evolving. Instead of sharing your difficulties with them, keep your time with them about them. Try to keep your stress to yourself and don’t let it affect […]

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The Babito is not a big whiner, but he’s had his moments, especially lately.
The Baby Shrink is a fantastic new site set up by Heather, a child psychologist and mother.  She answers reader questions, and all of the answers I’ve seen so far have been thorough, common sense explanations and solutions, and she does it […]

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