Tips for fathers from fathers
If you are a parent, you know how much your child depends on you. If you are a single parent, that sense of dependence and responsibility can be even stronger. As a parent, you are a source of care, love, and stability for your child. This includes providing financial stability so that your family can […]
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Smart Tips to Help Parents Tackle Their Finances Keeping track of money is always important, but the pressure goes up once you start your family. If you haven’t been focusing on your finances before now, this is absolutely the time to start. Even if you’ve had an eye on your budget prior to parenthood, […]
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Traveling with kids in tow is completely different than traveling solo, with a partner, or even with a group of adults. The emotional inconsistencies your children experience in the day to day can be heightened by the change in routine and environment that comes with traveling. And, of course, you have to employ different strategies […]
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Google Calendar Sync Still Works Despite the deprecated status of the Google Calendar Sync tool, the tool still works fine with Outlook 2013/2010/2007. Requirement: Sync My Outlook Calendar with my Android Phone I am no stranger to Android; I’ve been running it on my HP Touchpad since Winter 2011. Back them I played around with […]
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To truly childproof you will need to think like your child. It is not enough to just install some plug blockers and doorknob covers. For little ones with less mobility and less personality this means you need to get on the ground and crawl around and see into what mischief you can enter. For toddlers […]
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When Lex was 10 months old we took him on a plane to see my in-laws (4 hours by plane non-stop, 1 hours by car). 1 month later, for Thanksgiving 2007, we took him to see my parents (another flight with 1 connection, 1.5 hours by car). Then for Christmas we took him to Disneyland […]
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I have been hooked on FatWallet.com since 2000. Over the years it has probably saved me hundreds of dollars directly and even earned my at least a thousand through miscellaneous offers. Anyway, the value of FatWallet was never stronger than when we were preparing for Lex’s birth. I found a forum topic there titled “Baby […]
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Something about Japan that always puts a smile on my face is that many stores play “Auld Lang Syne” when they are closing. When my son was very young and I started to give him his nighttime bottle routinely I decided to augment his bedtime routine a little more by humming the same tune each […]
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My wife started this many months ago when Lex showed serious interest in her flossing activities. She took standard mint-flavored waxed Johnson & Johnson floss and gently threaded it between some of his front teeth. Lex really enjoyed it. I think it was a combination of putting something new inside his mouth, having someone other […]
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OK, I was really getting tired of the out-loud cracks and definite unheard secret remarks regarding the number of wipes that I needed to change a poopy diaper. I couldn’t defend or explain why I seemed to always need at least one additional wet wipe and often more than my wife, mother-in-law, and pretty much […]
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