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How to Avoid Getting Eaten by a T-Rex (thoughts from a 4-year old)

by Naumi

Son: Are T-Rexes carnivores? Me: Yup, they only eat meat. Son: Would they eat me? Me: Yeah, they’d probably eat people if they were around. Son: Well it’s a good thing we waited then. Me: Huh?  Waited for what? Son: Waited for all the dinosaurs to die before people came along.

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Cry, Baby

by Naumi

Our one-year-old son cried for 45 minutes straight last night.  It was a good night. Here’s why: It was only 45 minutes! He eventually went back to sleep for another three hours. No one got out of bed to rock him back to sleep, carry him, or try and placate him with a bottle. He [...]

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An Inconvenient Tooth

by Naumi

Teething sucks.  It stimulates excess saliva, so expect a lot of drooling, as well as vomiting, diarrhea, maybe some fevers, and general malaise.  It just looks painful.  Think Wolverine before he got the cool metal implant thingies that his claws come out through – just bone tearing through flesh, only with teething it’s in slow mo. [...]

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Zombie Survival Guide for Urban Dads

by Naumi

Urban dads of young children are so screwed for the Zombie Apocalypse.  It’s true – we’re easy prey.  We live in places that will be teeming with zombies, we’re weighed down by too much baggage, and we’re soft and ill-equipped with zombie-fighting skills from years of working desk jobs (unless, that is, zombies are somehow entranced by Power [...]

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A Real Father’s Day Wish List

by Naumi

I saw this article in my Twitter feed this morning and it actually made me angry: Beyond the fact that it’s posted on Fox News,  the article optimizes the exact kind of consumerist crap you see every year at this time.  I take particular offense with the intro/tag line: “This Father’s Day, show your guy how much your children [...]

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Mother’s Day Double Duty and the “Maternal Industrial Complex”

by Naumi

So it’s Mother’s Day in North America and much of the World.  Today we celebrate all the unsung accomplishments of moms. For dudes, it’s likely a time to call your mom, buy her some flowers, or take her out for dinner.  For many of us dads, we’re on double duty.  It may seem obvious, but to me it [...]

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The Dude’s Guide to Breastfeeding

by Naumi

It’s been a while since we last posted – sorry about that.  March was madness and April was a wash.  I’m just gonna jump back in. Let’s talk teats.  One of the many things most dudes will inevitably encounter when they become dads is breastfeeding.  While breastfeeding is generally thought of as an intimate exchange between mother and child, it’s also [...]

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Mommy Sites – You Suck! (in defense of Moms)

by Naumi

Being a mom is hard work.  If the lack of sleep, screaming kids, breastfeeding pressures, hormonal changes, self-image issues, financial stress, and constant cleaning up after little people weren’t enough, mothers today face the added scrutiny of millions of anonymous and opinionated super-moms and parenting pundits on the internet.  In fact, being a modern mom on the internet [...]

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Rules for Dads with Daughters

by Naumi

So, many of you may have already seen this, but if not, 50 Rules for Dads of Daughters seems to be making its rounds on Facebook as one of the more popular memes this month.  Here are a few of my favorites:    2. Always be there. Quality time doesn’t happen without quantity time. Hang out [...]

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Welcome to the World January Babies

by Naumi

This January the extended Dude Meets Dad family was blessed with two lovely new January babies.  On January 9th, our resident technocrat dude Stu and his lovely wife Brandi welcomed to the world their second child, Meryl Ruth!  We hear that Stu, B, and big brother Ronan are all doing well.  Coincidentally, on the exact [...]

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