Ask most doctors how much sleep a baby needs and it’ll vary between 15-12 hours total, depending on how old your child is. We’ve been very fortunate in that Baby Mojo has been a great sleeper ever since the second day out of the hospital.
The first night home for him was a disaster, but not because of anything he did. Continue reading Tips from a dad on helping your baby sleep
Even before I was a stay at home dad my ability to remember names in a timely manner left lots to be desired. At previous jobs and social gatherings there were people who I genuinely wanted to know, but couldn’t remember their names. I’ve tried mnemonic devices, like associating somebody with an action or thing that will trigger their name with something. They do work occasionally, but then I have to remember somebody else’s name and the whole process gets gummed up inside my head. Continue reading I’m keeping tabs on my neighbors
I’m cheap by nature and when we were shopping for outlet covers there didn’t seem to be any difference. As with all things baby and parenting we’ve discovered better options than what we first tried.
As this is our first child we didn’t know how naturally attracted children are to electrical outlets. Granted ours have the classic 90s gold covering, so maybe our child is just going up closer to get a look at his baby mug. Never use gold appliances in plumbing or with your outlet covers. We ran into this problem when we had to switch out a shower head as there, thankfully aren’t many options for people with gold plumbing. Sometimes I feel like we live in the home of a pseudo successful suburban rapper, Continue reading Lessons learned on baby proofing the outlets
This blog post is brought to you by the word “Pain”.
Nine years ago I was single with no children and had a hernia which caused me inconvenience and discomfort. A couple weeks ago I noticed a bulge in my lower stomach and suspected that my old friend was rearing its’ head again. Then, the bulge disappeared overnight. Ha, ha sucker fake hernia I’m better than you! Continue reading Daddy Mojo gets a hernia
Being a stay at home dad I try not adhere to the stereotype that guys are messier than women. That stereotype was difficult for me not to define because; prior to marriage and becoming a father I was a filthy, filthy man. One area that was especially challenging to me was laundry. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say the fact that I’m proactive on the families’ laundry and can offer good advice on it is an underdog story for the ages. Continue reading The world’s best laundry tip for today’s modern father
Recently a local junior high school kid from the neighborhood knocked on our door. He was selling something for glee club and asked if I would help support them. Sure thing kid, I watch Glee, I’m down with your creative vocal talents, let’s see this catalogue of nuts, food or chocolate.
Either this club had huge overhead or the school hadn’t shopped around for efficient fundraisers because the lowest price item was $13. Yup, the items peaked at $45 and started at a Stromboli that our budding vocalist assured me was very good. Continue reading Death of a (kid) salesman
I love the start of a new week. It gives you the opportunity to move past the mistakes and goofs of last week. On that note Daddy Mojo made a couple basic parenting mistakes last week. We know not to do them, but my lack of schedule or planning made them happen. They may have wasted time, resources or caused Baby Mojo to melt down unnecessarily. Continue reading 5 tips to make parenting easier and more fun
October is a fabulous time of the year. Every weekend has beautiful weather, there are numerous festivals and it’s great just to open the windows, nap or read. With all of these pleasant activities it sure would take something magical to drag me out to the movie theatre.
Thankfully Life As We Know It seems to have nothing redeeming to drag the common dad away from relaxing at home.
I was thumbing through a magazine and saw this advertisement for the movie. Continue reading A dad reviews the ads for ‘Life As We Know It’
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