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09 March 2010
Posted in
Community News
If you hang out in this forum for longer than sixteen seconds, you'll realize that there is a ton of talent and creativity here at Dad Blogs. We are creative with our words, some are creative with their art, and others could be creative with their designing skills. Whatever it is, most of us have this latent quality that we want to explode on a grander scale.
We are all brothers and sisters with the common bond of parenting and we respect each other because of it.
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09 March 2010
Posted in
Faith
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“Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.” Exodus 12
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“Thank you for the cross, Lord…
thank you for the price You paid,
bearing all my sin and shame,
in Love You came, and gave amazing grace”
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I love to sing. I’ve gotten better at it over the years, so I’m less embarrassed than I used to be. Plus, when it’s your kid who really cares? Like they know the difference anyway. So instead of the radio, or sometimes, with the radio, I’ll sing in the car. I’ll try to get the boys to join me, but usually I just end up frustrated and lose touch with the Spirit anyway.
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08 March 2010
Posted in
Dads in the Mix
But, while I am relatively secure in my identity (mind you, while keeping an open mind), my kids are still developing theirs. I think a lot about what role I will play in how they will know themselves as they mature. Should I be fostering a connection to a religion that I don’t completely believe in, if it means giving them a chance to understand their heritage or be a part of a community? Should I be promoting identity with one racial group over another even though I know that is giving ammunition to hatred, if it means enabling them to identify?
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07 March 2010
Posted in
Parenting
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I went to a home birth antenatal class the other day, and cracked a joke that the only preparation I had made so far was the purchase of a carpet cleaner and a couple of cans of Vanish. It didn't go down well. Damn midwives.
Truth is, I am massively unprepared at the moment for a home birth. With our first child it was easy; we turned up at the hospital, Jess dilated a few centimetres, and out came Isaac after a few grunts, moans, and the occasional blast on the TENS machine. This time, things are different.
Having a home birth means that the father takes a greater role in the labour, and becomes a more prominent birth partner. In the UK, a home birth is accompanied by two midwives, as well as a doula, if you've hired one ('doula' being an excellent DJ name, by the way, if I were to every foray into that line of work). However, they will be calling upon the father to help out as and when possible, instead of doing it themselves. So how do you prepare for a home birth?
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05 March 2010
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Fatherhood Friday
In an attempt to satisfy my OCD nature, I spent way too much time tweaking the front page of Dad Blogs last night and not enough time posting Fatherhood Friday. There a few more changes I would like to make to the page just to make people more in touch with the fact that we are a community and that we award good dads with iPods, but for the most part I did what I needed to (feel free to let me know what you think).
As always, Fatherhood Friday is a great time to jot down some site notes, so here they are:
Get Mentally Sexy!
If you aren't in the contest yet--get in. If you don't want to be involved, tell anyone other dads that we are running this awesome contest. The more that enter, the more that the word is spread, the bigger the buzz that will be created meaning that we could actually get some really awesome prizes for the winner of the worldwide Mentally Sexy Contest.
