Comments on: A Dad’s Tool Kit

By: Deanna’s Corner » Blog Archive » Campaign promises

Deanna’s Corner » Blog Archive » Campaign promises — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:42:58 +0000

[...] The genesis for this post was Matthew’s post last week about the Top 10 Tools For A New Dad. Check out #5 – legislation making it mandatory for all toy manufacturers to use the same size battery (I vote for AA) in electronic toys. This got me to thinking – what other things could be possibly changed to make American parents’ lives easier? [...]

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:53:45 +0000

Not sure you know yet…”The Wonder Twins” from your blogroll are here at last! I thought you would enjoy a trip down memory lane. My apologies if you already knew.

By: archana

archana — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:57:05 +0000

First time to your site! Great post, need to share with my husband! We are parents of almost 9 month old twins and can relate to a lot of your posts. Keep em’ coming~

By: Jen3 @ amazing trips

Jen3 @ amazing trips — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:21:34 +0000

Disposable placemats because not all toddlers know how to eat off a plate w/o throwing said plate to floor. These things are a must have in the diaper bag. Here’s a link:
http://www.neatsolutions.com/tabletoppers.htm

Another must have for us … bath aprons. Here’s a link to my blog where I ramble on about how great they are w/ pictures…
http://amazingtrips.blogspot.com/2006/08/wfmw-bathing-children.html

Before I became pg again, I also had in my *tool kit* several bottles of GOOD wine. This went a lot further for me than ice cream after a long day. Although, usually I drank my wine while eating ice cream…

By: wine makes mummy clever

wine makes mummy clever — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:27:39 +0000

Great list!

I don’t leave the house without a packet of baby wipes and a bag containing plain paper and pencils. If we want the kids to sit still at a cafe while we wait for their milkshakes to arrive they need to have something to do. The wipes are handy for any spills that napkins and tissues can’t manage. Oh, and it’s handy to have a hairbrush in the glovebox because I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve left the house and I’ve glanced back at my kids and wondered if they have an owner.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 17:51:12 +0000

You are right on the money with this list! I just finished tearing the house apart to find two AAA batteries to power a little train, and came across 2043 AA, 672 C, 49 D, and 2 9v in the process. I banned my kid from the kitchen years ago though. He’s a little too busy to hang out in there. And my wife needs popcorn (and red wine) when she’s had enough. I’m the one that needs the Phish Food (and red wine).

By: Ki

Ki — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:47:38 +0000

Amen, amen, amen.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:40:25 +0000

Very good list! We would add as (as our boys call them) “Daddy’s handy dandy skizzers”. They are utility shears my husband always has in his pocket for work. They are a must have for those darn silver wires the use to tie every toy to the packaging! Could you outlaw those in addition to your battery platform?

By: Deanna

Deanna — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 06:04:14 +0000

I will vote for you if you run for President on the “single battery size” platform.

The Webmaster also has a “Dad book” that only HE reads to Ane. Mommy is not allowed to read it to her. However, I picked it out and it’s one of the Richard Scarry books, and it’s quite long and has no plot because it’s more of a word book. Daddy has begged Ane to let Mommy read it, but it’s a no-go. He gets stuck with it every time.

By: samantha jo campen

samantha jo campen — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:05:10 +0000

I shall print that out and laminate it for future reference.

Maybe shrink it down to wallet size?