Fatherhood — it's going to be great.
Babble asked me to help then with a slide show that is up today. I really think it turned out well. The pictures are cool. The copy is quirky. And within it all, there’s a nice nugget or two to share with folks who are about to have a baby for the first time. I hope you’ll take a peek at it and if you know anyone who is about to be a parent for the first time, please forward it to them!
To check it out, click HERE.
It's not a contest, but if it were, it'd be a tie.
The other day, Kate wrote a post on Being Pregnant in which she openly admitted that she loved her 20-month-old son “just a little more” than her 3-year-old daughter. Her essay read like a collection of deeply private thoughts which had accidentally found their way to the most public of forums. In them, she painted an idealistic picture of her son which contrasted starkly with the defiant one she offered of her daughter.
Do dads need a commercial to remind them to do this?
The New York Times reported a new series of ads introduced by the Advertising Council yesterday. The target demographic? Dads. The hard sell? Fatherhood…The message — “take time to be a dad today” — is a good one. But is it a necessary one?
That’s the question I pose over at Babble today. If you are interested, just click here to read more,
Alright…Pookie? Check.
A, B, and C? Check.
Bald spot? Check.
Meltdowns? That’s a check and a double check thanks to both A and C.
Look of fear? Yup. B’s got that covered. Check.
Santa? Santa? Uh oh. Where in the world is Santa?
Houston, we have a problem. Santa’s nowhere to be found, and I don’t like our chances of getting this bunch back here for a second picture. In fact, I think the dad just made a beeline for the bar.
WAIT. WAIT. My bad. We got him. Santa’s in there. His eye that is. And that’s all we really need. You know, the whole “He’s sees you when you’re sleeping,” bit. We’re good. False alarm.
from l to r: B, Lovie, C, Santa's eye, Pookie, A, and me.
So perhaps you’ve heard of one Ashton Kutcher, actor-hearthrob, Mr. Demi Moore, fellow stepdad, new media magnate, and Twitter force of nature.
Well, to my great surprise, he’s heard of me. Or at least, he somehow ran across one of my You Tube videos – one depicting a night I spent solo parenting the triplets without Lovie, who was enjoying a much-deserved evening out with Pookie. I still have no idea how Ashton Kutcher happened on my video, but however it happened, he was nice enough to tweet about it.
Yes, you read that right Ashton Kutcher gave my video a shout out to his 4 million-plus Twitter followers. Not long after that, Alyssa Milano (who was always the boss in my book), tweeted about my video as well. And now, parenting bloggers are talking it up, and people are trying to get Ellen Degeneres to notice it via Twitter.
This is amazing.
And here’s the video that seems to be capturing people’s attention.
Caroline and I decided to host Thanksgiving this year. It didn’t go that well. It turn
s out that preparing such an all-encompassing meal with three cranky two-year-olds constantly vying for attention isn’t easy. In fact it’s hard, not to mention noisy. To get everything done, we had to (temporarily) blow off our needy trio, which didn’t go over well. At least that’s what we gathered during the ensuing succession of DEFCON 1 temper tantrums.
To say that the constant chaos hampered everyone’s enjoyment would be an understatement. I’m near certain that my brother-in-law and his family will never come over again. And they weren’t the only ones who were put off.
Adam Lambert called. He thought hosting Thanksgiving while shackled with three two-year-olds was a little over the top.
Charlie Weis’s buyout thought it was too much.
New Coke wondered why we did it in the first place.
Richard Heene knew all along that we’d never pull it off.
The mere thought of it made his son Falcon wanna puke.
Fair enough. But I’m a big believer in redemption. And Christmas is right around the corner. What better time to redeem oneself than Christmas? Perhaps Caroline and I could step up to the hosting plate again, you know, as a way of making amends for the noisy Thanksgiving.
Chernobyl is worried about potential meltdowns.
Hmm. Valid. I know! Caroline and I will do a better job of containing the kiddies. A contributing factor to them losing it on Thanksgiving was all the excitement. If we sequestered them in our room and took turns entertaining them, the triplets would be oblivious to all the commotion and would be far less likely to erupt.
Sequestering three family members during a family gathering? Is this thing family oriented or not? Miley Cyrus thinks we’re sending mixed messages.
Tiger Woods says go ahead and separate them. But beware. Eventually, they’ll probably figure it out.
R. Kelly called. He’s got a new gig. He the official chaperone for a prestigious girls’ boarding school. He supervises the young ladies on all outings. He thinks it’ll be hard to watch the kids without thinking about that juicy meat you’re just dying to eat. (Sorry, that was a stretch, but I’m a sucker for a good R. Kelly joke.)
With all the time spent watching the kiddies, there’s always the chance we’ll forget about the turkey. Inappropriate and often crass descriptions immediately followed by far more conventional verbiage Strikethrough text worries the turkey will be overdone—WAY, WAY, WAY OVERDONE.
Michael Vick pointed out that the bedroom is where we keep our dog during large gatherings. He’s on the trips for a dime and thinks others in his possie may be down as well.
Wait, we can’t have people wagering on fights that pit our triplets against our spastic, pink-lipstick-toting dog. MacKenzie Phillips thinks that’s sick.
Enough already! Everyone’s right. Hosting another holiday meal would be a bad call. We’ll let someone else host, thank you very much. Instead of running around in circles trying to concurrently contend with potty training and Spinach Maria, we’ll load up our brood, hit the road, and watch someone else do all the work.
Sure hope the triplets behave better than they did on Thanksgiving. Hang on a sec. I just got a text. It’s from Tareq and Michaele Salahi. Before we pack everyone up, they think it’d be a good idea to make certain that we were still invited.
Solid point.
