From DianaLoomans
If I had my child to raise over again,
I’d finger paint more, and point the finger less.
I’d do less correcting, and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less, and know to care more.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious, [...]
What an absolutely excellent idea. Cut your jack-o-lanterns from the bottom instead of the top. Helps keep them flat, and makes it easier to light the candle (then you put the jack-o-lantern over the candle which is on a safe surface. Plus you have the added bonus of keeping the stem attached to the pumpkin.
Halloween [...]
One of the things that my wife and I have found very frustrating is the lack of information about feeding breast milk using the pump and bottle method. There is clear evidence that there is a great deal of benefit to breast milk (see here) both in the early month as well as long term [...]
I have a bone to pick with all the parenting books out there, or at least all the ones that I have seen. Where is the dad’s point of view. Even the book for being a father by a well known breast feed advocacy group was so full of platitudes and assumptions that I threw [...]
Ok, so you’ve taken the classes and you paid attention. You did the breating and the visulizations and your all ready. Well, I hate to tell you , but it doesn’t work the way it does in class. Its also not as bad as it is in the movies but don’t expect the easy going, [...]
I wish I had started this before. And We’ll see if I stick to it this time (blogging that is) but I really want to document my experience as a father and hopefully share some tips and tricks that I find or come up with.
