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Dad Labs: When Babies Attack
What are the best ways to discipline your kids when they get aggressive-with each other and with you? Dad Labs has the answer.
How Do I Know if My Baby Has Colic?
As a father of twins, I'm often asked by people how my wife and I manage, but it really has not been difficult. Many parents face far tougher challenges—such as Mary Allison, a mother of two and a former elementary school teacher. She has a lovely son, and recently she had a daughter who developed colic and acid reflux. Life for the first few months of baby Scarlett’s life was hell for just about everybody in Mary Allison’s household.
Father to Father: An Interview with DeMarcus Ware
Whenever a friend or an acquaintance or, quite honestly, a stranger learns that my wife and I have twins, one of the first responses is usually something along the lines of, “Oh my gosh, I don’t know how you do it.” My response usually is, “Well, I don’t have much choice in the matter,” or “Well, since these are my two first kids, this is completely normal to me.”
5 Ways to Say, "Bye, Bye, Binky!"
As reassuring as pacifiers can be for tots⎯and as noise-reducing as they can be for pops⎯eventually the time comes when baby and binky must part. And that’s no fun for anyone. In my experience with four kids, there’s no sure-fire way to break the binky addiction. However, I and other parents have found it helpful to force kids to go cold turkey⎯after ample warning, of course. I’ve also found that it helps the little ones adjust to this first major life adjustment if you make an event of it. Here are five techniques that I or friends of mine have tried with some success. Steal one of these or let them inspire your own way to say, “Bye, Bye Binky!”
