* UPDATE – This contest has closed. Please visit FatherhoodMatters.com  for another bloggy giveaway contest. * In the spirit of the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival I’m giving away a copy of Your Baby Can Read starter edition DVD and words cards. To enter to win, leave a comment on this post telling me why you think it’s important to emphasize reading and writing in children from an early age. The contest is open only to those of you in the U.S. due to shipping expense and restrictions. Please make sure you’ve entered your email address in the comment form so I have a way to contact you if you win. If you just want to buy a copy, the Your Baby Can Read! starter DVD and other editions are available on Amazon starting at $9.95... [Read more]

 Hello parents and consumers. This week there were five child-related products recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). If the names of any of these products sound familiar or you think you might own them, visit the link with each listing below to find pictures and/or part numbers of the items in question. If an item you own is recalled, take it away from your child immediately and visit the CPSC for details on repair, replacement or refund. July 24 – It’s MY Binky Recalls Personalized Pacifiers - Choking Hazard - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08336.html July 24 – Remote-Controlled Helicopter Toys Recalled by Innovage - Fire and Burn Hazards - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08341.html July... [Read more]

Tomorrow, July 27 is the day on which Father’s Day is celebrated in the Dominican Republic. So happy Father’s Day to all you dads in the DR. Other recent international celebrations of Father’s Day were: Uruguay – July 13 Haiti – June 29 Nicaragua, Poland, Uganda – June 23 Leabanon – June 21 El Salvador, Guatemala  – June 17 [Read more]

I’m in the middle of the painfully annoying task of finding the right baby gates to fit our home. We have several irregular width archways that are not the size of standard door openings. I can’t imaging mine is the only home out there like this, but several baby gate manufacturers seem to assume that this may be the case do not publish information on the width of their products. Across numerous websites, certain manufacturers list no information about how wide their gates are. This frustrated me greatly, I considered making the trek to check out the gates in a physical store, then I came to my senses. It’s not my burden, there are other gate manufacturers and retailers out there. In a shopping experience, online or in store,... [Read more]

This video brings a few things to mind. 1. Your children pay more attention to the words and content of movies than you do. 2. Laughing at something your kid does and them telling them no probably won’t change what they do. 3. Do not mess with this little girl. [Read more]