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daddydispatch

  1. My editor pal, @sbpopculture, wrote a book about fatherhood and it rules. This video, however, will make you laugh aloud: http://ow.ly/4WbcN
  2. As a parent AND writer, I'm amused, befuddled & outraged at success of "Go the F@#$ to Sleep" so far: http://ow.ly/4OZnp. What's your take?
  3. Great piece from my pals at @goodmenproject about paternity leave in baseball, and why more players need to take it: http://ow.ly/4F3qu
  4. Great, provocative essay by LZ Granderson about parents, daughters and girls dressing a little, um, too grown-up: http://ow.ly/4EMnK
  5. Interesting story from my pals at @parenting about new regs regarding rear-facing carseats until age 2. Check it out: http://ow.ly/4iPYz
  6. Just signed up the baby for My Gym membership in nearby Santa Rosa. The drive for group socialization officially has begun. Look out world!
  7. Love love love this new family travel blog from @FourSeasons: http://family.fourseasons.com
  8. Awesome blog post by @peterhartlaub about running into son's former preschool teacher, now a Warrior Girl, at W's game: http://ow.ly/3K5Wy
  9. Can totally hear the rain through the baby monitor tonight. That means it's either raining super hard, or our new monitors are REALLY good.
  10. Texting with nanny, who is with kid downstairs, so as not to remind baby that I'm working in same house. Ah, life as a work-at-home dad.
  11. Not sure whether I should b proud or frightened by fact that my daughter learned the word "Inuit" and is using it correctly to describe pix.
  12. L just picked up "Row, row, row your boat" in five minutes. Has been singing "merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily" non-stop since. AWESOME.
  13. Had a weird feeling it was going to be a long night with the baby. Sadly, I was right.
  14. Overheard on the baby monitor: L officially is talking in her sleep. Ridiculous.
  15. Dance party happening right now; L is actually grinding to old-skool Eryka Badu. Not sure if this makes me a hip parent or a terrible one.
  16. If you're a dad (or even if you're not), you MUST read story by @MikeVacc about one man's reaction to Colin Curtis homer on 7/21. #Yankees
  17. Late-night jolt of choice: Coffee, Red Bull, 5-hour Energy or Diet Coke? I used to go coffee. Since daddyhood, Diet Coke is all that works.
  18. Big news in the Villano house: L now knows letters V, S and L (totally random indeed).
  19. As if Tuesday's tumble wasn't traumatizing enough, now it's clear L is getting two new teeth, too. Poor girl.
  20. Doing an important phone interview up here and the office and the baby is banging a pot downstairs. Hilarious.