The Best Mother's Day Gift of All Time: Time Itself
Really want to make a new mom's day next Sunday? Forget flowers and perfume - just try taking that baby off her hands for more than a minute.
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Dads Need Hot Accessory Love Too
A lot of so-called daddy diaper bags are nothing more than lined messenger bags with cammo on the outside. Oh, the cammo - that ubiquitous indicator of paternal appropriateness.
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Starting today, Take. Back. The Tie.
I'm not sure what it is about the tie that makes us grab them in desperation for Father's Day gifts. Me included. But this year, I urge you to return it--it's not too late!--and instead check out the plethora of appropriate hipster dad gifts at McSweeney's Store, the online shop of Dave Egger's hilarious literary journal.
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On the Outside Chance That What He Wants for Father's Day Isn't a Day With His Buddies
What's that you say? You still have not yet picked out the perfect Father's Day gift for the new dad in your life? You came here looking for ideas? How fortuitous! For we have just the thing.
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Shocking Father's Day Gift Suggestion: Not a Tie
We all know that dads dread bad Father's Day ties and golf shirts just as much as we dread carnations and generic store-brand chocolates. But sometimes, thanks to lack of time and/or brain cells, we grab what we can, sign our kid's name to it and call it a day. (Or is that just me?)
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Because New Dads Are in For The Shock of a Lifetime Too
It seems that poor dads-to-be get shafted in the baby gifts department. Sure, maybe they're not so into opening up cute onesies or the softest burp cloths, but that doesn't mean the dads don't deserve a little token too come shower time.
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Equally Suited to Carrying Diapers and Big Slabs of Meat
When I had my first child, the hospital sent me home with this pastel green diaper bag with little Peter Rabbits all over it. It was cute. Really. It was. However, getting the husband to carry it without complaining--well you can only imagine.
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It's NOT a Man Purse
Trying to get my husband to carry a diaper bag is like... well, just put in your favorite analogy that involves something really sucky that you hate doing, and you get my drift. It wouldn't be so bad if our daughter didn't end up in a crumpled diaper that had been in his back pocket all day.
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Man Purses? Really Not Fooling Anyone
If your husband's like mine, he refuses to carry any sort of diaper bag. I've tried Camo messenger bags, hulking backpacks and indie-rock totes, but nooooooo. He has rejected each and every one. So when I saw the Dad Gear Diaper Vest at Emmy and Ally, it was like the clouds parted and all was well in the world.
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Dads-To-Be, Rejoice
If your partner is anything like mine, his definition of hell is eight consecutive weeks of Lamaze class. Modus Five has come up with such a simple solution, it makes you wonder why no one has done it sooner.
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Make it a Double
With all the great frank and funny mom books out there, it's about time someone came up with an equally entertaining daddy alternative. So we were tickled when we found out that Robert Wilder, well-known writer, columnist, and dad of two, had done just that.
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Leave the Breast Milk. Take the Cannoli.
Considering my own baby's daddy wouldn't have read a baby book if I had duct taped it to his hands, the idea to reinvent the genre as man-friendly computer software is a brilliant move.
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No More Mixed Decks
If you haven't noticed, poker is taking over the world. And if you've got a spousal unit like my husband, you've seen enough Texas Hold 'Em on TV that you could probably beat him at his own game.
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Pick Your Man a PacMan
Ever struggle over what to get your husband for Father's Day because he just won't tell you? Fear not, adventurers: If your baby's daddy was a child of the 80's, he'll love receiving a video game from his misspent youth, one at which he can actually beat the kids of today.
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Nurture His Inner DJ
Father’s Day is upon us, and why punish Dad with another bottle of Brut (by Faberge) when you can blow his mind with the Sonos digital music system
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I May Look Like a Geek, But a Geek Who Can Find His Keys
For the style-conscious SAHD, your options are pretty slim if you want to avoid lugging your wife's floral diaper tote around town. I couldn’t ever get stuff in and out of my messenger diaper bag, and last summer’s big vacation proved the rule that whatever you’re trying to find in your backpack—diaper, bib, camera, guidebook—will invariably be at the very bottom.
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Summer Essentials for the Dad in Your Life
Since summer has quickly reared its hot and humid head here in the Northeast, I thought I’d start preparing for the season. Like most men, this entails digging out those flip flops from storage, loading up on some steaks, firing up the BBQ grill and enjoying some cool alcoholic beverages with friends.
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One Less Thing for Dads to Freak Out About
You know what about impending fatherhood freaks me out more than anything else? That my nice little sleek-and-minimal- with-a-side-of-organic-cotton aesthetic will be buried under the inevitable onslaught of pastel plaid ruffles and battery-powered, light-flashing, muzak-emitting "baby crack".
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