Hyper-dad-dria (the flip-side to Hypo-mom-dria)
[ click the image to enlarge ] Back in the day (about two months ago), we created a diagram called “Hypo-mom-dria” as a play on the hypochondria some mother’s get into with regard to their little ones. It illustrated the alterations that can occur between what is really seen and what is mentally perceived. […]
Homemade Birthday Cards: Cody’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd
You could ask my boys, “What’s it like to have a designer for a dad?” Lucas would point to his head and say “bonk,” but that’s just because of his limited 2-year-old vocabulary and his passion for headbutting the world at large. Cody and Max would probably say “Birthday cards!” … Or “Coffee!” but you […]
Universal Birth Reaction Assessment Tool
[ click the image to enlarge ] Fact. Moms have a monopoly on pain when it comes to child birth. There is a medical chart called the Universal Pain Assessment Tool that doctors and nurses use to gauge it. Sure, it’s stupid and useless. But what about dads? Dads deserve something stupid and useless, […]
The Call of Nature!
The older boys, Max and Cody, and I headed out for a hike on the weekend. About 5 minutes in, the blazing eye of the sun microwaving my neck reminded me that I didn’t bring any sunscreen. But, as I explained to Lizzie later (as she applied aloe), there is a difference between forgetfulness or […]
Bad Product Idea #1: Flashy Finn Baby Pomade
Ah, pomade. Who could forget that slick, wavy helmet of hair of yesteryear! Well, what could be wrong with adding some James Dean allure, taking your baby to 11 on the cuteness Richter scale? Yes. A lot of things could be wrong with that. But the exploration of how far “wrong” can go is […]
7 Tips for Sleep-Deprived Insomniacs
Insomnia is one of the most perverted jokes life can play on parents who are getting horrible sleep. It’s like getting nauseated at the sight of food even though you’re starving to death. Cruel are the hours, with the little one asleep at last, when all is quiet and dark and you find yourself in […]
“How Not To” Instructional Diagram: Baby Carriers
It has been said that “for every way to do something right, there are a thousand ways do it wrong.” Instruction manuals tend to concentrate on how-to’s, but trust us, the ways you can do or use something incorrectly is far more interesting. Whether it’s helpful is really secondary at How To Be A […]
Blind Hula Hooping (First Time I Was So Proud That I Got Mad)
Sometimes you experience such a strong emotional response to something that it’s kind of upsetting when others are around and you fall so short of the mark. After a long day at the beach, the family decided that going to the pier was a better way to handle our hunger than shaping sand into the […]
Baby Reading The Paper
“Wow, they finally found Waldo! In Pakistan. Who would’ve thought…” “Thanks for the backrest, Sasquatch Legs.”
