Diaper Wrap Up

The New York Times runs an article about how diapers are now being sold to the dad who has "diaper duty." They want to somehow appeal to men by giving us Drew Brees throwing out a baseball pitch or one of the losers from Good Charlotte at a daddy/baby party.

I'm going to be honest and say that I don't want to see other dads pitching me diapers. I want to see a cute mom having to deal with the issue. If I want to see a dad changing a diaper, I can look in the mirror behind the changing table. He's there and he's in smell-o-vision. Gimme a mom that has a clue since I know that a guy pretty much grabbed the closest thing that appears to be working.

I especially don't want to see the payola induced fraud from Good Charlotte with his baby. He's half of a Johnny Bravo when marketing decided they could be pitched as punk to the nation's youth and a ton of money to radio programmers to play their nearly forgettable tunes. They could at least find somebody who isn't having his baby's mama use raising their baby as the excuse for not finishing their DWI rehab program on time. If he's such a great dad, why can't she leave her house for those critical alcohol education programs?

I will be leaving the house on Thursday night to see Dr. No. Shame the baby is too young to appreciate the time Sean Connery faced off against Jack Lord.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/business/media/23adco.html?ref=business

sneaky

The baby "hid" the DVD remote in the diaper pouch on the playpen. This means the battle of wits has finally begun in earnest.

blueberries

after witnessing what happens to all the blueberries the baby eats, i don't think i can eat a bowl of Boo Berry cereal anymore.

Stars of today

This lame report deals with children demanding cereal because of famous TV and movie cartoon characters being put on the box. They want the Shrek and Dora the Explorer. I find this study rather bogus since for decades we've had cartoon characters on the box. The difference being when I was a kid, the cartoon characters on the boxes were stars in their own right. Cap'n Crunch, The Trix Rabbit and Frankenberry didn't need to be part of a bigger project. Cap'n Crunch's original cartoons were more entertaining than the Saturday morning shows they sponsored. Where's the study explaining why anyone buys anything promoted by a Kardashian?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/06/21/cartoon.characters.junk.food/index.html?hpt=C2

what?

This is my second father's day as a real father and the baby acts like it's just any other day. She gives me that "I'm just a baby stare" when I demand she get the kitchen and make me waffles. I cut her slack last year since she'd only been around for a few weeks. But she's got a year under her belt now. She ought to have picked up on the way things work by now.

My Noise

I'm living in mortal fear of the day that the baby demands to hear "her music." Right now her favorite song remains the theme to "Three's Company." I can handle that. She also likes the Happy Mondays. I'm going to have to check under her bed for glo-sticks.

worst time out

Lately the baby has been climbing up on a chair and shaking a lamp. Raising my voice to her has only resulted in her maniacal laughter. Thus I've been forced to resort to time out in hopes she'll learn what's not acceptable in this family. The only place I can put her is in her playpen. Even though it is filled with toys, she screams like I've stuck her in the hot house from Cool Hand Luke. Soon I'll have to torture her with cake and ice cream.