For the past few months, J has been involved in a battle with C over food. More specifically, she wants him to eat his dinner and he doesn’t. I’ve been involved only peripherally, encouraging him to eat, but letting J do the heavy lifting. We have a bit of an advantage in this particular battle […]
Read MoreHave you ever seen a dad walking around with his infant son sitting in a harness that hangs from the dad’s shoulders? Those things are incredibly useful. For those that haven’t seen one, it’s a series of padded straps that go around your shoulders and waist. The child rides sitting upright with his back to […]
Read MoreEver wonder why parents seem to simply be resigned to accepting embarassing situations? Here’s another example. C has always enjoyed eating something called “fruit snacks”. Fruit snacks are a wonderful invention. They’re bits of jellied fruit that come in little foil packets. Kids love them – so you can use them as a bribe without […]
Read MoreC has been looking forward to turning 3 for a long time. Ever since his brother’s last birthday, he has been telling us that he’ll be 3 at his next birthday. He even learned how to hold up 3 fingers for added emphasis. Unfortunately, his time-sense really isn’t that good. Things that happen in the […]
Read MoreIn general, I try to avoid playing games that result in my chasing the kids. I much prefer games where they chase me. However, every once in a while I do end up chasing one or both of the little guys. Tuesday evening we had the best chase scene yet. It was time for C […]
Read MoreA while back, J and I hit on the idea of using eye contact to get and hold C’s attention. He learned the trick quite well. Whenever he really (really, really) wants something he makes sure to somehow make eye contact. Sometimes that means getting in front of us. Sometimes, he grabs a pant leg. […]
Read MoreThis is a DaddyTales first: a story about something that happened when I was not around. I thought it made a good tale, though. Let me know if you agree! C started his new preschool this past Monday. As with all parents, we were concerned about how well he would do, how nervous he would […]
Read MoreHaving just returned from a great vacation, I’m going to go in a slightly different direction than usual today. Last Wednesday found us at Hershey Park (a very large amusement park in Pennsylvania). We arrived at 11 am and stayed pretty much until closing (9 pm), with the kids taking a brief stroller nap in […]
Read MoreThere will be a temporary interruption in Daddy Tales this week. I’ll resume on 8/8. Sorry for the outage! A big part of our nightly routine with the kids is reading bedtime stories. We started doing this very early on – even before C was old enough to talk. The point back then was to […]
Read MoreA few weeks ago, the whole family went shopping at the local mall. At one point, J wanted to do some clothes shopping in a department store, so I took C off to explore while she and N shopped. We ran around for a bit, and then found ourselves in the bed department. I flopped […]
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