A Day In The Life
Episode Two: Dedicated to The Parents and Caregivers of children with disabilities. Today’s guest, Jenifer Polk shares with Mary and Melissa a day in her life with her autistic son.
Parent Alert: Your Kids Are Spies!
The sooner you know the better. So listen up moms and dads and I am going to share a story that will make you believe that your kids are spies. Your children may seem harmless and innocent, but that is what they want you to think. With Valentine’s [...]
CHD Awareness Week at Life of Dad.
Life of Dad exists because my daughter is a CHD survivor. February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. Here's what you can do to make a difference: 1. Sign up for a Man Cave on Life of Dad. www.LifeofDad.com/join Just for you signing up for this quickly growing social [...]
Competitive Parents
Parents are competitve. I've noticed that as I've been traveling down the dirt road of parenthood. I noticed the competition in the early days when I would take Noble to the play gym. The moms would be grilling each other, "When did your kid start walking? Mine started walking at [...]
Walk like a man.
We all love our children’s milestones. It can be their first laugh, crawl, or tooth….you name it we soak those moments all in and will remember each one forever. One that will always stand out for me is when my child takes her first step. We wait in anticipation when [...]
Parenting Perils III – The Cartoon Mouse Store
Welcome to part III of my ongoing series of Parenting Perils. These perils are situations, physical objects, or places that initially seem innocuous but now that you're a dad, have the potential to ruin your day. Today, I present to you "The Disn..... let's just call it "The Cartoon Mouse [...]
Two Little Lines
"I have something to show you." Words that I'll never forget; words that my wife said to me one morning about three weeks ago. Now I'm not a big fan of receiving surprises, so I immediately became suspicious. But then there it was. She was holding up a home pregnancy [...]
Sticks and Stones
As we were growing up in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, by brother Verne & I would blow off the effect any names our friends called us by saying, "Sticks & stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me." More often than not, Verne would then add, "When [...]
Dos Amigas -The Beginning
An Introductory Episode. Mary and Melissa, two mothers living in DC, raising children with disabilities share why they founded Dos Amigas as a discussion and support forum for other parents.
Extreme Nesting: Daddy Edition
Do you need to nest, but you just can't accept it? Well, the Life of Dad Extreme Nesting Team will help you out...