Daddy Mojo, Author at Daddy Mojo

Baby shower gift ideas to get the Dad involved

Baby shower gift ideas to get the Dad involved sounds like a challenge akin to a camel fitting through the eye of a needle. Husbands who (mistakenly) attended one of their wedding showers may be under the impression that baby showers are as fraught with dangerously laced estrogen. Continue reading Baby shower gift ideas to get the Dad involved

Australian bullying wrap up and tough love from dad

It bothers me when a youth does something criminal and then the media talk to the neighbors or parents. “Well, they were such a nice young child, it just doesn’t seem like something that they would do”, the parent would say. It doesn’t matter the crime, the statement from the parent is always the same.

That is the part that bothers me. The parent saying such a stereotypical halfhearted non apology doesn’t’ do anything to help the youth, victim or family. I’ve long waited for a parent to step up and say something along the lines of ‘my child screwed up and they’ll pay the consequences’. A dad in Ipswich, Australia has just done the next best thing by driving them to the police station after he caught his two children bullying a younger one. Continue reading Australian bullying wrap up and tough love from dad

Mattel’s Clawdeen Wolf doll causes concern for parents

Toddler Mojo learned that he can close his eyes without going to sleep. He’s started squinting, then laughing, squinting his eyes, closing them and then falling on the floor laughing with his eyes closed. Some news stories make us want to close our eyes and this is one of them.

Clawdeen Wolf is a new entry in Mattel’s hugely popular Monster High doll line. Clawdeen Wolf looks like a stripper, granted that’s not too different from the Bratz dolls. Continue reading Mattel’s Clawdeen Wolf doll causes concern for parents

Parenting tips from a SAHD-Snacks

My wife and I are very lucky to have a child that loves and (has so far) stuck to a schedule. He wakes up at the same time, has breakfast, a snack, lunch, nap, dinner, bath and goes to bed each day within ten minutes every day. It requires a bit of timing and patience, but it allows us to have a nice dinner together and know what to expect during the day with a 17 month old toddler. Continue reading Parenting tips from a SAHD-Snacks

A disaster puts everything in your tiny life in perspective

A disaster along the scale of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan can bring no good news. It’s a tragic natural disaster that can produce stories of hope and surprise rescues, but the death toll is almost certain to rise over 10,000.

The reason this tragedy affects me more than the Indonesian tsunami in 2004 is that I lived in Japan for a couple years and personally know how gentle and kind they are. Continue reading A disaster puts everything in your tiny life in perspective

DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do-wax toilet seal

Our bathroom smelled funny. Actually, it didn’t smell funny, it smelled of urine and we clean the bathroom regularly. Have you seen the Friends episode where they’re trapped in the bathroom and Mathew Perry says to Courtney Cox, “Are you cleaning?” That is my wife and a constant bad smell that can’t be eradicated means that Daddy Mojo better find the odor.

I’ve experienced this before and knew that the wax toilet ring was corrupted. Unfortunately, as I knew what the problem was, I waited to fix it because I knew how to do it. It’s my own personal ouroboros. As we had young children coming to the house this weekend my wife started looking up wax seal replacement on the net. Continue reading DIY a Stay at Home Dad can do-wax toilet seal