Blogger extraordinaire Darren Rowse, above and beyond his web achievements, is a father. A stay at home father at that.
In a recent interview Darren says that “work life balances” are one of the toughest things he’s faced as a stay at home dad. He makes an interesting point that a tendency to overwork is just a tempting as not to work at all in a work-at-home setting.
I’m tucking his suggestion away in the back of my mind about getting into a routine during the early days with a newborn.

All stay at home dads, and wives of stay at home dads should check out this article written by Penelope Trunk. Hat tip to Rebel Dad.
So why should you read it? Read on…
My husband, in fact, has brought up divorce for other reasons. I am not totally sure which ones, to be honest, but I think it is career related since I have a great career and his sort of stalled when he became a stay-at-home dad and then went to hell from there.
I know that there are a lot of stay-at-home dads. But while it may seem like there …read more

I probably shouldn’t be giving this advice as my house is always in complete ruins, but maybe it just means I have more experience when it comes to dealing with clutter. Either way, you can take my advice or leave it. I know with 5 kids running around the house and the oldest being 7 years old, it can become a constant battle with housework and just plain clutter. All of your valuable time and free hands go towards the kids. But I have found that the days I am on top of things there are some trends I have …read more

Sheesh!
I love my kids. Ok with that said, they should never be allowed to have vacation weeks at school. Maybe summers. I guess I could manage that somehow but every time the schools send the kids home on vacation I get further and further behind…
Sounds selfish doesn’t it? Well it is…
My kids come first. But I do get into a routine of how things are with 2 of them off to school. When that routine gets interrupted I fall further and further behind on not just the things I personally want to do but housework, yard work, …read more

1. You can go into the kitchen and eat whenever you want to.
2. You are the boss all day long. (Until Mom comes home from the office, then you aren’t so much the boss anymore)
3. You can actually get away with singing “Puff the Magic Dragon” and even feel good about it when you are done.
4. You can treat yourself at nap time.
5. You can take time to make simple repairs and focus on home improvement projects.
6. You never forget to bring something to work.
7. You can wander around the house in a bathrobe and read the paper until …read more

In my travels it was brought to my attention a mom blogger who listed out 10 Reasons Why She Loves Her Stay at Home Dad. Her husband stays home with the kids and so she shows her appreciation. Being a Stay at Home Dad myself it is always nice to see others appreciative of what we do. I do get tired of the stereotypes of who I am because I have chosen to be at home.
So this was a great change and happy to see it.
One of the things on the list does not pertain to me and …read more

When you stop and think about how this world has changed in just a short amount of time it is phenomenal. From the train, to the car, to the airplane, to the space shuttle, to Mars… where does it end. But not only have technological advances taken place in the last 100 years but our jobs as mommies and daddies.
Now that the military openly allows women to enroll what happens when daddies are left home with the kids? We normally hear about men going off to war and leaving their wives and children at home. There is a new …read more

When I first began having kids it was great to give my kids toys to play with. When it was just my oldest she could come and go as she pleased. The toy box was hers. Then after our 2nd started playing with toys it was all about sharing with your little brother. Toys were sort of “claimed” as their own maybe for an afternoon or for the entire day until they were bored and the next day you might have seen the other child with the toy.
But as time has gone on and now there are 4, soon to …read more

I pulled this from the Family First website. Some of us ask how we know we are being a good dad. Well here is their list, BUT read through it and I us to start adding to it. I will then update it as we discover more things that make us a good dad.

When you help your kids with their schoolwork
When you take an interest in their hobbies
When you show affection to your wife in front of them
When you advocate that they speak to you and each other respectfully
When you just enjoy being with your children and them with you

When …read more

Thanks to Rebel Dad for bringing it to our attention a new contest being held by Peter Baylies over at At-Home Dad. What’s the contest? He is seeking out the best new daddy blogger.
There are only 2 requirements:
– Your blog’s first posting must be in 2006 or 2007.
– It has to be a “daddy” blog (relating to at-home dads, fatherhood, ect.)
I think Inside Fatherhood qualifies for it don’t you? If you know of any new daddy bloggers or are one yourself you can submit your link.