As we enter holiday season, my daughter just turned nine months old.  In honor of Baby Babs, I give you nine holiday gift ideas for new dads.

9.   Pizza.  Any kind.  Meat, vegetables, or just plain cheese.  New York, Chicago, or Atlanta style.  The equation is simple:  Cheese + Dough + Tomato Sauce = Happy Dad.

8.   Land Rover.  Every dad wants a spacious, high-end SUV, but he just doesn’t want to pay for it.  That’s where his wife and kids come in.  Buy it for him!

http://www.landrover.com/

7.  Homemade card.  After surprising the old man with a Land Rover, take it easy on the wallet for a little bit.  Trace your baby’s feet onto a Christmas card.  Allow the baby to draw a picture with a permanent marker.  These gifts from the heart are the ones that a dad will hold onto forever. 

6.   Kokopax Classic Carrier.  Both dad and baby will feel adventurous every day with a Kokopax Classic Carrier.  The baby explores the world in this lightweight baby backpack, and dad’s hands are free the entire time.  The carrier also opens to a baby seat once you arrive at the park!

http://www.kokopax.com/Products/classic-carrier.aspx

5.  Never tell the kids about theme parks.  Yep, you read it correctly, and this would be an amazing gift for life.  If kids never knew that theme parks existed, parents would never have to wait in long lines for rides and/or autographs of princesses.  During this holiday season, keep the theme park secret hidden once again.   

4.  Shrinkx Hips.  My hips haven’t been the same since my wife gave birth.  Shrinkx Hips worked wonders on my wife, so it should do the same to me, right?  The great thing about Shrinkx Hips is that they provide constant, even pressure which guides hips back to their pre-pregnancy position.  Give this as a holiday gift, so dad can have his hips back by Valentine’s Day.

http://www.upspringbaby.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=7

3.  Ultra-slim, 55 inch, 1080p, 120Hz, 3D, Razor LED LCD HDTV Plasma Flat-screen TV.  Most dads don’t even know what most of these numbers and letters mean, but they sound awesome.  Buy the old man a television with any three of the above stats and he’ll love you forever.

2.  Time.  There isn’t enough of it…and parents everywhere need it.  Talk to Mother Nature and/or the people that design calendars to find out how to make more than 24 hours in a day.

1.   Health.  Health for the baby, health for the family.  Once a dad knows that everybody is healthy, he would like a beer.  And some pizza.

*It should be noted that the fabulous people at Kokopax and UpSpring Baby gifted their products to me.  If the fabulous people at Land Rover are reading this and want to gift a car to me, I would not be opposed to that.