Kunena Site Syndication http://www.dadlabs.com/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:59 -0600 Kunena 1.5.12 http://www.dadlabs.com/components/com_kunena/template/dadlabs/images/english/emoticons/rss.gif http://www.dadlabs.com/ Kunena Site Syndication http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/Tech/Location-Based-Services-aka-Tracking.html#8463 Bump... and bump of an old thread where this discussion began 3 years ago! http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Expectant/Newborn-Dads/Babygear-Monitors-Car-Seats-Cribs/GPS-location-devices-for-kids/anti-kidnapping-technology....-any-takes.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:47:59 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Bilobed-Placenta.html#8462 Sounds like you've got a good medical team that caught this early. No personal experience here, but I'm interested to learn more if you feel like sharing. I know that first pregnancies are anxious enough without bonus worries. Hang in there. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:28:31 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/Dad-Health/Marathon-to-Fit-Fatherhood-2012/Page-5.html#8461 last week: 235 This week: 228 Gotta say, that feels really good to record! The February Flush is definitely underway and so far it's difficult to qualify how I feel about it. I still have mixed emotions over the whole thing, but I am committed to making it work, and you sure can't argue with the results in week one! @Funky -- great suggestions about how to talk to the kids. The Whirlwind (8yo) and I talked about it much as you've described. He seems pretty comfortable with it. Since I work outside the home, I can take most of the shakes/supplements at the office, so with the exception of the weekends, they don't see me ingesting all of that stuff. Right now, I'm taking 10 supplement/vitamin capsules at a clip, 3x/day. At first, I was referring to them as "medicine" to impress on the 3yo, that she absolutely may not touch. I started not liking that, so now they're "vitamins" and they're out of sight, up high. The eating itself has been ok. Also went to a Super Bowl party last night. I brought the veggie plate myself and the hostess (bless her) also had a phenomenal fruit platter to get me by. Like Daddy Clay, I had one of those spontaneous encouragement moments. As I was sitting there mulling over whether or not I was going to cheat and indulge in some pretzel wrapped hot dogs or a twice baked potato another guest who I only annually at this party came in. She gave me a hug and her first words were, "Holy Crap! You've lost a ton of weight. You look great!" I thanked her and immediately moved my seat so I was stationed in front of the fruits and veg for the night. Toughest part of the night was not indulging in a beer or two with my buddies while watching the game. I am finding I'm kind of mercurial this week as my body adjusts. I'm not really able to sort out what's physical and what's emotional response, but it's manageable. @DaddyClay -- best of luck with that marathon. Your dedication to that is a brand of toughness that I just don't have. I admire it tremendously. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:28:09 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Expectant/Newborn-Dads/General/Betting-on-Baby.html#8460 Sorry, Miranda, but I'm going on the late end as well (though the 7th is a full moon). With tall people, techs tend to over-estimate the gestational age of the baby. I'm going with Ides of March -- the 15th. Big first baby means a bit of a long haul, so I'm guessing overnight labor and an early morning birth at 4:35 AM. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:25:27 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/Soon-to-be-dad.html#8445 Welcome Bro and congrats. Keep us posted on the progress. I've been getting heckled in my neighborhood for running in the Buckeye shirt a buddy gave me. It's comfortable though. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:27:22 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Expecting-a-second-one.html#8444 Congrats, the 2nd is great. You can enjoy the moment a bit more because you know what is coming! Keep us posted. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:24:58 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Elementary-School-Dads/General/How-to-Correct-an-Over-Reader.html#8437 Awesome outcome. Thanks for the update. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:42:57 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/Expecting-Dad-from-NH.html#8429 Congratulations its a fun experience. I'm 39 and my first just turned 1 and I have one more on the way :) So you can't do all the stuff you used to do thats not a big deal. Change is a good thing. If you can't go for movies much watch them in your home theater. You will surprised how all your natural parenting instincts come out. You will be quite alright just have fun and enjoy the ride. -Roger Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:08:33 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/Traveling-With-Kids/Flying-with-a-baby.html#8427 Thanks I fly out of SFO will try next time Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:31:00 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/New-and-expecting-with-a-friend.html#8425 I was going to write what Nik did. Really. He may have robbed my mind from 100 miles away! What I'll add is that when you have a "serious relationship" (meaning more than "just friends") you are more likely to be tuned into the mom's emotions and tendencies BEFORE being pregnant. Even though all this goes out the door with pregnancy, it helps deal with the emotional baggage that comes with it. You have both sides of this coin. You can get away from it, but you can also do more damage to your long-term co-parent relationship if you dodge too much. I'd suggest being as open and honest as you can be early. Talk about expectations (you probably have 10% of what she does) and use that as a baseline. They will change through the process. Communication is going to be key, just as usual. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:47 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Infant/Toddler-Dads/Infant-and-Toddler-Gear/Diaper-Pails.html#8424 Just found this as well... http://www.howtobeadad.com/2012/8179/super-hero-diaper-pail http://i.imgur.com wQkY.jpg B) Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:12:41 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Expectant/Newborn-Dads/General/Ways-to-save-money-with-having-a-baby.html#8420 If Amazon ever starts up the horribly-named Amazon Mom program, it's worth signing up. It's free to join and you get free 2-day shipping for a year. All you have to do is buy some baby stuff from time to time. And shopping online is much easier than running around town with a baby. http://www.amazon.com/gp/mom/signup/info Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:20:45 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Feedback-and-Suggestions/Website-broken-needs-improvement/Page-2.html#8416 Hurray! The first time in about a month that I have logged in and not gotten a certificate error or a page not found due to HTTPS not being set up. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:03:10 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/Just-joined-DadLabs.html#8415 Thanks for the feedback Brad. I've heard good things about the Beaba as well. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:43:48 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Infant/Toddler-Dads/Eating-Infant/Toddler/Highchair-recommendations-anyone.html#8413 Cool. Thanks for posting this. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:20:10 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/Hello-everyone.html#8408 Hello everyone.......... I am Eleen and i am newbie in this forum. Just join for say hello to all and well come. Glad to be a part of this forum. Hope i stay and enjoy in this forum. Thanks. Bingo Maker (http://www.thebingomaker.com/) Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:37:21 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Feedback-and-Suggestions/Categorized-Videos.html#8398 Here's one other trick. "Spotlights" in the forums are little collections of videos on a single topic. So if you go into the forums, click Expecting/Newborn Dads, then click on a topic like Babyproofing or Building the Nursery and you will see a "Spotlight" area. You will find 4-8 videos on the topic collected there. Not ever topic area has a spotlight, but several do. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:42:00 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/New-Dad.html#8390 Welcome, Big D. Glad you found us. Hope you find some useful stuff around here. Let us know if there is anything we can do. Cheers, Clay Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:48 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Habits-gained-while-being-poor.html#8389 That's a really funny post. Thought provoking, too. Thanks, Ben. For us and our kids, it's really hard not to *feel poor* even though we clearly are not -- because we live in the land of the 1%ers. Many of the kids that attend the school where we live, and all of those that live in the surrounding neighborhoods are among the wealthiest people in the world. This can have a powerfully distorting effect. ("Happiness" studies show two of the most powerful factors: how well-off you feel in comparison to your immediate neighbors, and the amount of time you spend communing.) I can't convince my wife not to talk the "poor teacher" talk in front of the kids no matter how I present the numbers to her. And where we go overboard as a result: Christmas. Our gift giving is out of control because at some level we are trying to compensate for our kids being "poor" compared to their peers. It's a pretty tough calculus for them to figure out. I try to keep talking to them about it. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:51:20 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Dad-Groups/Stay-at-Home-Dads/Transitioning-back-to-work.html#8385 I like that model, Steven. A coffee shop we used to frequent in a small college town in Northern Indiana started that way after several others failed. It seemed to help them stay afloat and get established until they had their market set. For this, my advisor seems to think that financing will be a slam dunk. The offer I made my mother-in-law would have returned her 40% on a 30% share of the company in one year. Pizza, especially Neapolitan-style, is just so cheap to make. By renting a space with the heavy equipment and being mobile, it has almost no overhead. So, I think that traditional financing may be my best bet. I need more than the group lending options would fund. And that's just the oven. We actually have equity in the house, even though we bought it in July. We got that good a deal on it and the appraisal was evaluated as low by our neighbor, another appraiser. But we're going to keep it off the table. The bank that ran the town crashed in 2008 because of the secondary mortgage market. The trailer should work as collateral anyway. If we manage to get a loan for it, I'll be sure to go to them for a truck loan later this year. Unless... I'm trying to decide how to introduce a marketing pitch to Cummins. One of the markets I'm doing is their private Farmers Market on Wednesdays at their HQ. Another is in the same location but is the city's public market on Saturdays. I want to talk someone into using me as a marketing "vehicle" so when they want to advertise their engines at the Louisville Truck Show or car shows or even just a car lot, they can send me with my sparkling Cummins-powered truck with hefty pizza wagon. They could probably hook me up with a demo model with manufacturer plates. If they like me a lot, anyway. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:31:20 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Dad-Groups/Dads-of-Sons/Boys-will-develop-like-boys.html#8380 ^^ +! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:00:11 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/Family-Friendly-Parks-Museums-and-more/Columbus-Indiana.html#8371 Here's a fresh review of kidscommons. (http://www.averageparent.com/win-it/kidscommons/) If you sign up and win the prize, send it to Nik! He goes as much as I do! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:38:12 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/AutoShow-and-CES-Assignments.html#8368 Cool. Understood. I found another CES recap from one of my favorite sites. One that I hooked you on a year or so ago... Woot.com http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=21331 Some funny chit! :-D Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:37:11 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Fathers-of-adult-daughters.html#8366 Nik's right about not having much help without knowing about the nature of the problem. The vague suggestion I have is to check in with your spiritual community leader(s) and see if they can lead you to folks who can help out. If you don't have that community connection, it could be rough. All the best. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:22:06 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Parents-Online-Privacy-Concerns-What-s-Okay-to-Share/Page-2.html#8361 Thanks Sam! That site looks pretty cool. I like the archiving for sure and the invite only (I really need to purge my FB list). MyFamily may be one our fearless leaders should look into... Hmmmm... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:44:51 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/peeing-with-son.html#8356 Absolutely nothing wrong with it. He's curious -- loves sharing anything fun or playful. This is all good stuff. Nothing shameful about his body or its functions. Cross swords all you like -- just don't let mom catch you making a mess. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:25:20 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Welcome/Introduce-Yourself/Expecting-Our-First.html#8355 Welcome Sam! I guess you won't be needing any advice about insurance policies and maternity ward tours. Maybe you could share some advice with the more medical industry challenged among us. Hope to see you around the forums. Cheers, Clay Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:19:34 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Food-Allergies.html#8344 We're food allergy free in our house, and I'll confess that I've grumbled from time to time about dietary restrictions -- we've had peanut free classrooms and kosher summer camps -- mostly because it makes packing a lunch such a pain. Good to be reminded that this is a small price to pay. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:42:02 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/General-Discussion/Hello-All.html#8343 Welcome PresaisDaddy! Sorry the welcome wagon didn't arrive sooner, but most of the DadLabs crew was on the road this week at Auto and Electronics shows all over the country. I sure hope that you are bale to find useful information here. I hope to see you around the site. Cheers. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:37:41 -0600 http://www.dadlabs.com/forum/Lounge/Toys/Nintendo-DS-Games-for-Toddlers.html#8326 FANTASTIC options Sean! Thanks. It's easy to forget how important TYPING will be in his life. How do you handle her computer access? Time limits? Is it a reward? Daily activitiy? Do you have troubles when it's time for her to give it up? I thought I was a cheapskate too, until I looked at how much 'toddler electronics' entered the house just in the past month... (Some of the stuff was gifts from others, though most of it has been my idea.) I just hadn't thought about it until I sat down to update this thread. YIKES! Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:41:56 -0600