It has been awhile since I shared some of my Big Green Egg cooking with you. I recently got my Egg back and have cooked a few tasty meals on it. One of my favourite things to smoke are chicken wings. I used to put wings in the category of food I would rather order out, but since getting the Egg, wings at home are great.
As a parent who has survived the baby years, a common question I get asked a lot is about how we went about baby-proofing our home.
The difference between our first and second child was quite different. The reason, we learned what was actually needed. Making baby safety a priority is a no-brainer for new parents, grandparents, friends or anyone who will be taking care of the little ones.
But what should be the focus?
My advice, don’t turn your home into a prison or obstacle courses and barriers. You really should never have the baby out of sight other than sleeping, so gating up the house seems like a bit much.
Think of your senses when putting together your baby safety plan. Sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.
TV and kids. You want to avoid it, but at the end of the day, it’s going to happen (unless you don’t have a TV).
So it becomes the parent who has to decide what is best for the kids to watch. You want to find the right mix of entertainment and education. It can be tricky that’s for sure.
Our boys get a few hours of TV over the course of a day and we are okay with that. It gives us a chance to get dinner ready or have a sanity break.
Here are the Top 5 shows are kids are watching these days.
With Thanksgiving, or Turkey day, happening this weekend, it seems like a great time to actually sit down and write all of the random things I am thankful for. Feel free to share yours in the comments or on the Facebook page.
This Dad is Thankful for:
I have heard about it but never experienced it. The Internet says it is real, but can you believe what you read?
Today, I got a very slight glimpse of what many have spoken of.
The terrible twos they call it.
Our youngest, turned two on Friday and over the last few days, it is like he did some research on how he is supposed to wield this new age at us.
Small things like disagreements, not wanting to sit at the table, not wanting to go a certain way or even wanting to sleep.
Then today, his first day back at work let’s say (Monday), our boy went to work on being two.
Terrible is harsh. Maybe let’s call it tiring twos.
Me being the one who is tired.
