http://www.daddydaughterday.com A blog about a dad and his baby girl Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:54:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My daughter calls me "da da". Or just "dad!" yelled really loudly and quickly sometimes when she needs my attention ASAP. She's been calling me "da da" for awhile, and if you show her a picture, and you say, "Where's daddy?" she knows to point to me. So, it disturbs ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/02/27/do-i-look-like-a-monkey-to-you/ We recently had to bring Baby J. in for an MRI. The reason why? Her head had grown...too quickly. Now, big headedness runs in my wife's family; they all have these freaky watermelon-sized heads that they can barely support with their normal-sized necks. But seriously, they have large heads, and ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/02/24/scary-procedures-mri/ [caption id="attachment_646" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Baby J. Tries on Her Birthday Outfit"][/caption] As promised, I'm going to go into detail on the theme we chose for Baby J.'s first birthday party. We had a lot of themes to choose from. And at first, we really couldn't decide on what we wanted to ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/19/1st-birthday-theme/ There are a lot of themes to choose from for your baby's first birthday. It took my wife and I a long time to come up with the theme we wanted. There are actually online stores devoted now to first birthdays; I guess they caught wind that we had a ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/19/babys-first-birthday-party-ideas/ Who knew a first birthday for a baby could be so complicated? The decorations, the food, getting the house ready, inviting people over. It's a lot of work. My wife and I are taking each day this week to do something little to ready ourselves for the party: clean a ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/19/planning-the-1st-birthday/ I'm estranged from my own father. I haven't spoken to him in more than a decade. I haven't wanted to. There hasn't been a day in those last ten years where I've felt like I was missing out on anything. It's funny looking back on it, because in my opinion, ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/15/what-it-means-to-be-a-father/ It can be extremely difficult to tell if your baby is teething. For some babies, the process might be quick and easy. Maybe they'll spend only one night actually teething, while a tooth comes in, only one night where they might be a bit crankier than usual. And then there ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/11/is-my-baby-teething/ Baby J.'s molars are coming in, and it's torture for her and us. She doesn't sleep well. We hear her tossing and turning in bed all night. She wakes up regularly, screaming. Not crying but actually screaming, like she's being tortured. We try and calm her, soothe her as best ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/11/babys-teething-is-a-nightmare/ The other day I wrote about a study showing that spanking kids under the age of 6 improved their behavior. I didn't agree with the study. Furthermore, I didn't understand why the study was being done. Personally, I believe spanking is one of those things that is archaic and absolutely ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/08/spankings-make-for-aggressive-toddlers/ Sometimes, I can't help it. I really try, but I slip. I drop something or I smash my foot (because I'm a horrible clutz), and I let out "shit!" or "damn it!" or whatever else I shouldn't be saying in front of a little girl that is quickly learning all ... http://www.daddydaughterday.com/2010/01/07/cursing-around-the-little-one/