http://www.readtomedad.com A resource website for Dads on good books to read to their kids. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:10:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Baby Sherpa Diaper Backpack under real world conditions, it Rocks!!Wow, I had a ton of great entries in the Baby Sherpa Diaper Backpack contest. So many people were in the competition. I'm certainly going to do more of them and will let you all know when the next one is ... http://www.readtomedad.com/babysherpawinners.html This past Saturday I was watching Eva, we went to a local zzoo/playground/garden. When we got home I set her on the floor to play, I gave her a container of Cheerios. I went tot he kitchen for a moment and the next thing I know she's got the entire ... http://www.readtomedad.com/it-was-like-this-when-i-got-here-honest.html Eva is 10 months old and we have taken her to restaurants practically from the time she was born. She loves being at the table with everyone when we are eating and now she even tries a little bit from our plates. I've heard horror stories from friends who have had ... http://www.readtomedad.com/restaurant-tips.html Walking is not too far off. Eva has taken to standing these days and she stands really well. She was playing at the table int he living room the other day and I noticed how long she stood and how balanced she is getting. She even let go with one ... http://www.readtomedad.com/just-standing-around.html We try to expose Eva to many different events. Last weekend we took her to see a free kids concert given by Ellis Paul. This week we went to the Newport Folk Festival and saw Jimmy Buffett perform. Eva likes music very much, she even taps to the beat once ... http://www.readtomedad.com/littlest-parrothead.html I picked up a Paddington Bear for Eva while I was in London. A friend of mine has a 1 1/2 foot tall garden gnome named Norm that he brings with him on every trip. He takes photos of Norm in various places. I thought I'd do the same with ... http://www.readtomedad.com/paddington-adventures.html Contest Entries are no longer being accepted. Winners will be announced soon. Thank you everyone for participating. During the Month of August I am holding a contest in conjunction with Baby Sherpa at http://www.babysherpa.com/. We will be giving some lucky bloggers some great Baby Sherpa gear including a Baby Sherpa Diaper ... http://www.readtomedad.com/babysherpacontest-2.html Animal cruelty is a terrible thing. Your young ones might come to you with some tough questions about animal cruelty. They might have seen an occurrence of cruelty or they may have seen something about it on TV. For example when the Michael Vick dog fighting information came out I'm ... http://www.readtomedad.com/talking-to-your-kids-about-animal-cruelty.html Is there any children's book character as curious as that little monkey George. I don't think so. The other day I was leaving for a work trip and spent some time with Eva reading Curious George: Visits a Toy Store. Our friends Amy and Ryan and their son watch the ... http://www.readtomedad.com/review-curious-george-visits-a-toy-store.html At our house we love music. We love good music and not that crappy repetitive baby garbage. Eva is growing up with the tunes of Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett and the Bare Naked Ladies to name a few. But she really really enjoys Ellis Paul. So when I heard that ... http://www.readtomedad.com/contest-that-baby-cd-and-dvd.html