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fatherhood

• fatherhood, motherhood, parenting

  Attack of the Sanctidaddy

  06.20.11 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  A couple days before Father’s Day, I read the CNN article A father’s day wish: Dads, wake the hell up, which at some point on Saturday had been shared on Facebook over 55,ooo times. It’s basically a rallying cry for fathers to spend more time with their kids, and to appreciate their stay-at-home wives more. [...]

• fatherhood, scout

  I used to think washing the dishes was the sexiest thing a man could do

  11.01.10 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Tom likes to wear the baby, to church, at the store, around the house, because it is the best way to keep her happy, i.e. put her to sleep. Our babies don’t like pacifiers or riding in the car (unless there’s no slowing down or stopping involved), so your soothing options are basically: a) breastfeeding, [...]

• fatherhood

  A man worth keeping

  03.08.10 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Yesterday on our Sunday evening walk, Susan had to go to the bathroom. The upside to having three toilet-independent children is that I don’t have to change any diapers. The downside is that I now forget to make everyone go before leaving the house (even though I usually go twice during the shoes-and-socks ritual, just [...]

• book review, fatherhood

  In which I meet an icon: Dooce is about what you’d expect, as is her book

  06.07.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Dooce: love her or hate her (or both), you cannot deny that she does indeed live in Utah. On Thursday night, June 5th in the year of our Lord 2008, she had a book signing at a cute university bookstore in a seriously cute part of Salt Lake City. Dick and I went. We were late, just catching [...]