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Ready or Not

The process from conception, through delivery, to watching your baby grow and develop into a toddler, is an amazing journey that can leave you with many unanswered questions.

Keeping Your Sanity When Your Pregnant Wife Loses Hers

Her Body in Pregnancy Tags: dealing with pregnant wife, pregnancy cravings, pregnancy insanity

It makes sense to me that my kids are nuts. After all, the first nine months of their lives were spent within the womb of a woman who was certifiable, temporarily at least. Not that she was special in that regardâ€”I am convinced that pregnancy causes temporary insanity. Heck, maybe even not so temporary insanity, when you consider that many…

Tip Your Hat to Your Dad

Child Care, Featured-1, Safety Tags: dad advice, grateful to dad, how to be a better dad

In my recent ruminations on fatherhood, I have been thinking more and more about my own dad, and how much I actually owe to him, for teaching me so much, even though I had no idea he was doing it until pretty recently.

How to be a Fun–Yet Fair–Dad

Child Care, Safety Tags: being fair, discipline, fairness, how to be a fun yet fair dad

Fairness is one of those topics that’s so hard to pin down: what exactly is fair? When you have more than one kid, the subject of fairness always comes up. It’s hard to be exactly the same to each child, if not downright impossible. So what’s a dad to do, especially one who enjoys having fun with his kid and…

Holding Down the Fort While Mom is AWOL

Child Care Tags: babysitting, holding down the fort, slider

It is bound to happen, guys. Your wife just spent multiple months with a growing baby inside of her. She was limited in what she could eat. She went shopping less because she got so tired walking around the mall. She did not get to go dancing. She was unable to wear many of her favorite clothes because, well, they…

Pool Safety for Kids

Featured-1, Safety Tags: pool, Safety, summer

We don’t want to scare anyone, but, over 400 people die each year in Canada in water-related accidents.Â Here are some tips on keeping the little ones safe in and around pools.Â Sound the Alarm: A pool alarm sounds when it detects an object breaking the surface of the pool water. These should be used in combination with self-closing, self-latching…

Safety: Yard Work and Renovations

Featured-1, Safety Tags: backyard, renovations, Safety

You are a pro when it comes to yard work, a muscular mowing machine, and the brawniest backyard deck builder in the neighbourhood, but to be honest, when it comes to safety, you could use a little refresher. Donâ€™t let your manly ways and legendary handyman skills interfere with your health and well-being. Instead, take a moment to think about…

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