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For my post of the day I’d like to let everyone know that Jeremy Biser, Discovering Dad, has a Spotlight Feature of me on his blog. It was a great honor to be asked by Jeremy to be included in his weekly series, Discovering Dad Spotlight Series On Dads.
Please head over to learn more about me and to read the great articles that Jeremy writes!
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Wow, this time I did it right. I used my Twitter account (@DaddysToolbox) to tweet about the upcoming carnival and this fourth edition received the most submissions thus far! I’m excited to bring you the following posts, please read them and share with others. If you want to have a parenting or Daddy post included in my monthly carnival please read the last part of this post.
Jeremy Neal presents Do It Because I Said So! posted at Discovering Dad.
Ron Mattock presents Chipmunk Gets A Post posted at Clark Kent’s Lunchbox, saying, “A short post about fathers and sons, catching chipmunks and passing along small lessons to your children that they may remember later.”
Petteri presents More About My Wicked Grandpa… posted at My Grandpa.
Jeremy Neal presents Top 5 Favorite Daddy Daughter Activities posted at Discovering Dad.
Kevin Heath presents Parenting Tips for New and Expectant Dads posted at More4kids.
Dad of Divas presents Remember Me posted at Dad of Divas.
ISPF presents Fun Family Vacations (That Don’t Cost an Arm and a Leg!) posted at Daddy Financials.
Modern Parent presents Summer Fun: Splish Splash He’s Not Taking a Bath posted at Modernparent.org.
James Hills presents La Tomatina - a Tomato Party In Spain | Father and Son Mancation posted at Man Tripping - Guys Getways and Mancations, saying, “This year’s festival is coming up on August 27 … probably too late for anyone in the US to visit, but should be a fun summer idea for next year like this dad/son pair did!”
Neelakantha presents 100+ Health and Safety Tips for Your Newborn posted at Nursing School Search Blog.
Jeremy presents Standing Firm - Cutting: One Dad’s Story of Intervention posted at Discovering Dad.
This post was a last minute addition that I wanted to include in the carnival.
Anthony McCune presents a memorial to Todd Christopher Weaver who died in the attack on the World Trade Center. He was 30-years-old.
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of daddys toolbox carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
For those of my readers I was asked to submit three short posts about my experiences bringing home our second child. Myself and two other fellow Daddys and bloggers wrote short posts for Building Camelot.
The third and last installment of our stories are now posted. Stop over to Tyler’s site at Building Camelot to read. Read the third installment here.
Read the first installment of the series on Bringing Home a Second Baby.
Read the second installment of the series on Bringing Home a Second Baby.
Also check out these other Daddy Blogs for some good reading!
Elliott from 21stcenturydad.com
Chris from Dad of Divas
Well this isn’t probably too much of a shocker to most married couples with young children. What is with a "mommy " that the kids love that they need to cling to her and almost smother her, leaving me the poor old lonely Dad? For instance, I used to be the bedtime "go to" parent for both my son (about a year ago) and my daughter up until about 3 weeks ago. She’s going on two this August and our son will be four in October. Why had my daughter decided she wants MOMMY for bedtime. This really puts me in a bind because I would love to read books to my kids, especially if there are no "power struggles" or meltdowns at bedtime.But like I mentioned, lately, both kids want mommy. It’s ME that makes the funny voices and sing silly songs about the day to them, so why do they chose her over me?
Maybe because I’m the disciplinarian in the house. Might be because I try to be more strict . Probably because my wife enjoys having fun where I tend to worry about the next meltdown or what "might" transpire if the kids aren’t in bed by 8pm. So I guess it’s natural for them to gravitate to the one parent that has open arms all the time. But then that creates additional stress in the house, where my wife doesn’t get any "downtime" to herself like I do if she’s doing both bedtime routines.
Now don’t get me wrong. I would LOVE to read books and do the bedtime thing, I have this ritual with my daughter where we read a few books then as I put her into the crib we wave goodnight to the butterfly decals on her wall, then give BIG KISSES, then Eskimo Kisses, then BIG HUGS. Then up until about a month ago, she would immediately fall asleep. Now since she is almost 2 yo she is beginning to realize we are leaving her alone in her room. Tonight was a battle with her. She really wanted Mommy. It’s the 2 year old thing, the sense of losing a parent. Read the rest of this entry »
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