I left my corporate job to be a full time dad 9 years ago this month. While I cannot remember much about life back then, naptime still glows in my memories. Daily nap was one of the best times of the day -- after lunch, in the warmth of the [...]
Teething Bites — Advice For Dads Whether you try whiskey, beef jerky, frozen bagels or anything else recommended here, use your best judgement when it comes to your little one! For more helpful parenting tips, be sure to visit our website, where real teething advice from the dads and [...]
If you have kids, there are some things you are guaranteed to say before they reach Kindergarten and the list is extensive... Things like: Don’t put that in your nose. Why does the food get everywhere BUT in his mouth? I didn’t realize I could love someone this much. How [...]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just make some of your own problems disappear? One minute it’s there, relentlessly bugging you; consistently hovering on your periphery. And the next moment, POOF - it’s just gone - disintegrated in the ether. It could be something big and heavy. A problem [...]
Potty training sometimes stinks, literally and figuratively. Like most phases of a growing child, we made it through potty training with several triumphs and victories along the way. Goodbye diapers, goodbye fear of leaving the house, things were going to be much easier here on out. Right? Nope, wrong. What [...]
Babies are a bit like dogs when they are sleeping. Periods of calm restfulness interspersed with moments of activity. Dogs whimper and run in their sleep. Babies – at least the one currently sleeping on my chest – go through periods of activity as well. This particular one also whimpers [...]
There's no right or wrong answer to the question 'how many children are the perfect amount of children' but that didn't stop us from asking the dads and moms of our Facebook community if they want to have more, which kinda turned into a thread about how many is the [...]
We joke a lot on Life of Dad but we’re also a sounding board for guys (and ladies) looking for advice and guidance as parents. Postpartum depression is no laughing matter and so when one of our users sent us this, "My wife has been suffering from postpartum depression. Does [...]
We asked the question, “If you could go back in time and say something to yourself before you became a parent, what would you say?” and boy o' boy did you respond. Here’s the best of the dad hindsight we heard from our Life of Dad community on Facebook. Zoe [...]
I used to actually sleep all night. Of course that seems so long ago now that I can barely recall what that was like. Being a 50-something dad of a 5yr old boy and a 6yr old girl certainly has its unique challenges. I often wonder if I ever fully [...]
