<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Fathers Blog</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/</link><description>Look at parenting from a father's point of view here at the Families.com Fatherhood Blog.</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:11:07 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:11:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Super Talking</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/super-talking</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:39:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/super-talking</guid><description><![CDATA[My son is now a "super talker." This is the term I use to describe the wonderful, varied, and meandering stream of pitches and vowel sounds he is able to create with his beautiful mouth that can also control a smile.]]></description></item><item><title>The Joys Falling Leaves</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-joys-falling-leaves</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:26:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-joys-falling-leaves</guid><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid (it sounds so weird to say that because I still feel like one) I lived in Iowa. Iowa, luckily, experiences the full force of each of the four seasons. Summer is hot and winter is cold.]]></description></item><item><title>Headache Medicine</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/headache-medicine</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:27:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/headache-medicine</guid><description><![CDATA[I've been getting headaches recently. I've been working a lot. I've been working late.]]></description></item><item><title>Tuesday/Thursday Cleanup</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/tuesdaythursday-cleanup</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:12 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/tuesdaythursday-cleanup</guid><description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about time problems. These problems have weighed heavily on my families ability to be even somewhat content with our lives. The problems were many. One of the primary ones was a house that consistently got dirtier and dirtier.]]></description></item><item><title>The Problem of Time</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-problem-of-time</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:56:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-problem-of-time</guid><description><![CDATA[This will come as no surprise to most of you but time is finite. There aren't eight days in any week (even if The Beatles "imagine" there are) and there are only so many hours in each day. "Okay," you say, "I get it.]]></description></item><item><title>Instant Energy/Happiness/Joy</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/instant-energyhappinessjoy</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:30:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/instant-energyhappinessjoy</guid><description><![CDATA[I've written about this before (link) but I felt compelled to write about it again. This blog is about the daily education of a new father: joys, bumps, tips, and trials. The last time I wrote about my son smiling I was experiencing his first smile directed at me.]]></description></item><item><title>Halloween for Baby</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/halloween-for-baby</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:49:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/halloween-for-baby</guid><description><![CDATA[Our son is not yet 3 months old. He doesn't eat candy. We're not especially fond of taking him into public places to meet strangers with H1N1 going around. We're also not at "home.]]></description></item><item><title>Long Car Ride Tips for Babies Under 3 Months</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/long-car-ride-tips-for-babies-under-3-months</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:21:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/long-car-ride-tips-for-babies-under-3-months</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm still in Iowa and that means that I took an extremely long trip (by car) to get here. How long, you might ask? How does 15.5 hours sound? Long? Short? What if I told you we tried to make it in one day (and did). Hmmm? Interest peaked? I hope so.]]></description></item><item><title>Death in the Family</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/death-in-the-family</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:01:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/death-in-the-family</guid><description><![CDATA[As I write this I am sitting not in Texas, but in Iowa. My wife's grandfather passed away and we are back in town for the funeral. Our son's great-grandfather has moved on. The difficulties were/are many: A near one-thousand mile car drive? CHECK.]]></description></item><item><title>Do You Have a Picture?</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/do-you-have-a-picture</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:24:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/do-you-have-a-picture</guid><description><![CDATA[Recently, when I was up and away from a computer, someone asked to see a picture of my son. Strangely, I didn't have one. My wife and I have not yet physically printed out any pictures of our son.]]></description></item><item><title>Breastfeeding in Public</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/breastfeeding-in-public1</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:09:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/breastfeeding-in-public1</guid><description><![CDATA[Ladies and gentlemen, allow my to introduce you to a concept that has been providing for the human race since the beginning of time: Breastfeeding. Without it... none of us would be here. "But I was formula fed" I hear you saying from the back. Sure...]]></description></item><item><title>Abstract Work and Achieving Goals</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/abstract-work-and-achieving-goals</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:33:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/abstract-work-and-achieving-goals</guid><description><![CDATA[This week, as I introduced in my previous blog, is a time for reflections about working at home. If you haven't read the introduction make sure to click here and catch up.]]></description></item><item><title>Working Time Trouble</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/working-time-trouble</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:17:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/working-time-trouble</guid><description><![CDATA[One of the challenges of fatherhood has been having less time to complete the same number of tasks. My wife had been wonderful by trying to give me time to do my work. During her six weeks of time off from work our schedules were irrevocably changed.]]></description></item><item><title>Fatherhood and Computers (A Brief Introduction)</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/fatherhood-and-computers-a-brief-introduction</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:44:51 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/fatherhood-and-computers-a-brief-introduction</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm a citizen of the internet and as such I frequently come across interesting things online. I share these things with people who would also find them interesting.]]></description></item><item><title>The Comfort of Unused Arms</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-comfort-of-unused-arms</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:22:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-comfort-of-unused-arms</guid><description><![CDATA[My son has now figured out how to grab onto things. His hands are no longer simply these weird appendages that get in his way.]]></description></item><item><title>The Great (Poop) Escape(s)</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-great-poop-escape-s</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:44:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/the-great-poop-escape-s</guid><description><![CDATA[My son's first poop was a joyous celebration! My wife and I cheered and gave each other high-fives. We were so excited to see proof that his insides were working properly. We were jumping for joy to have a concrete and visible reason to cover his bottom with that drawer full of diapers.]]></description></item><item><title>Starting a Motor</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/starting-a-motor</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:37:38 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/starting-a-motor</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't really remember when I was really young. My parents often ask me about this or that family vacation and I truly have a hard time remembering. Sometimes they show me pictures which help my memory a little bit but I am largely unable to mentally recall much of my time when I was young.]]></description></item><item><title>Mirror to the Future</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/mirror-to-the-future</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:22:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/mirror-to-the-future</guid><description><![CDATA[Today my 6 week old son and his almost 1 year old cousin met through internet video chat.  

 

They've actually, technically, met before via skype.]]></description></item><item><title>Extreme Bragging</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/extreme-bragging</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:12:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/extreme-bragging</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm a full-time Ph.D. Student and a part-time instructor. The class I teach this semester is a 450 student section of Cinema.]]></description></item><item><title>Techniques for the Middle of the Night</title><link>http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/techniques-for-the-middle-of-the-night</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:33:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://fatherhood.families.com/blog/techniques-for-the-middle-of-the-night</guid><description><![CDATA[In an effort to gain much needed hours of sleep for my wife I am often charged with taking my crying son out of the bedroom in the middle of the night for as long as he will put up with me. Mommy, in turn, is able to sleep and replenish a drastically drained milk supply while we are away.]]></description></item></channel></rss>