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Kids Ages: 4 months
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Birthday: 17/10/1975
Hometown: Menomonee Falls
About me: Firtefighter/EMT mechanic winemaker swordmaker Libra hopeless romantic and most important human. All in all pretty easy going not much gets me riled quickly or easily. I see the world from a unique perspective difficult to explain. The slate is clean with me regarding people places and things. You'll never hear a word from my mouth other than pure objectivity you guys are great. Takes the edge off of a very touchy subject with this side of the chromosome fence. Where are the shirts?? Hats?? Seriously bumper stickers? If homestarrunner.com can have them where are yours?? I eagerly await..... www.myspace.com/darkersideofsutter

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Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Bubble Boy in the forums.

You don't come off as a particularly crazy, first-time parent (all of them are at least a *little* crazy, IMHO). You come off as someone that listens to their pediatrician. Which you should. And ignore me.

Because our preemie experience was different.

Ours was also a "big" preemie, born at 31 weeks and about 4.5 lbs. He was about that size when we brought him home from the NICU three weeks later. Our doc prescribed synagis to prevent RSV, but did not suggest that we needed to curtail visitation. I have clear memories of putting his tiny self in a sling and taking him to a faculty party within days of bringing him home.

Now it sounds like we should have neither brought him out *or* used a sling. Things evolve, I guess.

03:33 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Day out with the new one? in the forums.

It's actually much, much, much easier to go out and do things with an infant than it will be later on. Take advantage of it and treat yourself to a little fun. Eating out is still relatively easy, which will not be true again for a really, really long time.

I agree with Ben that you want to do something to mitigate the sound at the movie.

Have fun!

03:23 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:What's your favorite item to grill at the backy in the forums.

Ben- You must have a battery of freezers in the basement. Right next to the brewing equipment and keggerator. Dude. What the hell else you got down there? A particle accelerator? You're like the Phineas and Ferb of fatherhood.

A half a pig?!

03:17 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Turned in My Man Card in the forums.

Dick Chop is an Austin legend. The name has got to rank up there with the pediatric office that I went to as a child (Dr. Hurt and Dr. Payne), and my teen years dermatologist (Dr. Cheek).

03:12 PM

Yesterday

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:New Ipod Nanos for Video? in the forums.

I wouldn't dismiss the iPod yet. The multi-purpose nature of the device makes it really appealing for what you are going to use it for. I just haven't used mine for video yet, mostly because I use my iPhone. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes.

12:22 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Baby Wearing in the forums.

Noe it looks like the Consumer Product Safety Commission is going to issue a warning about baby slings. Sound like there have been some suffocations. We used one of these when we brought home Bubba because he was only 4 pounds and not big enough for any other kind of carrier, but I had that concern then -- he could almost disappear down in that thing.

So I guess they are going to print warning labels?

I guess i should disclose that BabyBjorn is a sponsor of this site, so I am obviously biased.

12:20 PM

2 days ago

Daddy Clay and kikikiwi18 are now friends

08:07 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re: Carseat Geek Out: What's in Your Ride? in the forums.

I have a Graco Nautilus in my car currently. As a matter of fact, I even went so far as to BUY A BIGGER CAR in order to accommodate the Nautilus. It was too big for my pre-schooler to sit comfortably in the back seat of a Mazda 3. So I upgraded to a 6 (in my defense, I had other safety concerns as well).

12:54 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re: Stroller Confusion in the forums.

UPPAbaby are definitely cool, and one of our favorites at the most recent ABC kids show was this from TFK.

12:50 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Finally finished painting the nursery! in the forums.

Wow. Our decoration is a tale of birth order. Sort of. We didn't paint or decorate with our first because he came so early (31 weeks). We did at least some redecorating for our daughter. Then when our third -- a boy -- came along, we didn't even bother taking all the girly stuff down. Good thing because three years later the nursery became our daughter's room.

12:38 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad in the forums.

@teacherdad No need to be an expert. Just share your experiences. No hurry, or pressure though. Just curious.

12:32 PM

3 days ago

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:The Family Wheels in the forums.

@teacherdad RAV4 w/ 4WD? Toyota is trying to move cars, might be a deal there.

I like Mazda, so CX-7 would be on my list (less competent off road -- only avail w/ AWD -- but more fun on the road). And I'd take a hard look at the Chevy Equinox for good bang for your buck.

Mazda endorsement notwithstanding, I'm still having check engine light problems on my 03 MPV. Got another O2 sensor fault code, bought the part and tried to fix it myself. Fail. Gave it to the mechanics next door. They told me I had the wrong part and then stripped the threads on the manifold getting it out. Got a new one in (somehow), but the light is still on. *sigh* I really hate these kinds of problems.

I've decided to defer doing any more work on this until closer to inspection sticker due date despite the fact that it drives me nuts daily and is bad for the earth.

12:58 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Three's A Crowd - when do you start moving the in the forums.

@teacherdad

Necessity is the father of invention, and fathers have lots of necessities. There are also "co-sleeper" bassinet products on the market. If you have any safety concerns (some people are really finicky about baby sleeping mattresses, etc.) then you might want to look into one of these.

12:38 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re: Hi, I'm James, a brand-new dad in the forums.

Hey, James! Welcome. Dad you know DadLabs was started by three teachers? Troy, Brad and I were all working at a private boarding school in Austin, Texas (a pretty far cry from the Navajo reservation). I still live on the campus (my wife is an administrator), and Troy's wife works there as well.

I know how busy two-teacher families are, but we would love to hear more about raising kids on the Navajo reservation. If you would ever be interested in writing a guest blog, please let us know.

Hope you find lots of useful stuff here.

Cheers!

12:30 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:The Business of Being Born in the forums.

It's been a pretty polarizing piece, although Rikki Lake has never been afraid of that. My wife and I have been believers in hospital births since the birth of our first, a preemie, but found our ideal combo with our middle (a midwife delivery in a hospital). By the time our youngest was born, the hospital had prohibited midwife deliveries.

That was really frustrating to me.

The birth of our third was more expensive (because of a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt at a spinal) and less satisfying experience.

I am not a believer in home births, but a firm believer in midwives and doulas. Pushing them to the periphery, or out of hospitals altogether, causes parents to take unnecessary risks.

I also think that market forces drive this trend, and that, in a microcosm, it represents what is wrong with our health care system. Not to get too political, but I think this is why we need some kind of health care reform.

There. I said it.

12:24 PM

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:Foods with HVP recalled in the forums.

Recalls like this really frustrate me. How did our food supply chain get so screwed up? I sometimes get to the point that I want to stop trying. Obviously processed food has lots of hidden dangers, but so does organic.

I wish I had more time for farming.

In the meantime, I guess we'll keep trying to use fresh whole foods to eed our kids, and do whatever Michael Pollan tells us to.

12:10 PM

5 days ago

Daddy Clay replied to the topic Re:RSV in the forums.

You'v inspired an episode of DadLabs! We have an RSV info episode set to be shot next Friday. Thanks for bringing this subject up.

02:25 PM

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atom_heart_father, Tuesday, 07 April 2009 02:22

Mint AHM LP, eh? Nice. :)

concretin_nik, Thursday, 29 January 2009 03:39

Hey, what happened to the "crap usage survey" discussion? I was looking forward to seeing what others had to say, as well as postin' up my own...

concretin_nik, Sunday, 11 January 2009 02:58

She's adorable! Here's a great song for her 5th birthday party, as well as her engagement party.

(There are other versions on youtube, with better "video," but the lyrics are the important part for this one, and this one is clear, not a bootleg concert vid)

sean1, Monday, 08 September 2008 07:11