http://organicgreendaddy.com The Most Important Job In the World Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For parents looking to ease their newborn children into the world of bathing – a world typically filled with healthy amounts of fear and anxiety on the part of first-time parents, and a dose of discomfort and cold on the part of infants braving the cool air and poorly designed ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2009/05/01/the-original-tummy-tub-for-sale-here/ Photo by: A. Gastecheg Now that Lauren is pregnant with our second child, I've been thinking a lot about my role and responsibilities throughout the course of this new pregancy, as well as what my duties should be during labor and childbirth, given what I learned the first time around. For ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2009/03/18/the-second-pregancy-what-daddies-should-know-about-doing-it-all-over-again/ Photo by: Chilli Head Back in August 2008, we presented an article called Uncovering the Truth About Toy Safety, in which we explained the challenges parents face when selecting safe toys for their children. Ironically, at the same time, the United States Congress was also at work on this issue ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/12/16/new-consumer-law-might-render-handmade-toys-illegal/ Photo by: Scott Snyder In a previous post I discussed the process of putting "Victory Focus" into action in order to manifest results. This process involves: 1) Imagining the results we wish to experience 2) Visioning with emotion and power what a reality containing those results would feel like 3) Believing with absolute ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/10/01/how-to-enjoy-prosperity-in-times-of-economic-uncertainty/ Photo by: Marek Wojtal Late in 2007, just as the holiday toy-shopping season was ramping into high gear, some of the biggest stories coming out of the $20 billion per year toy industry weren't about the latest innovations or the next hot property. Instead, just about every headline about toys ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/08/23/discovering-the-truth-about-toy-safety/ By: Paul Photo by: Piret Tamm Several weeks ago I ran a post about the dangers of cell phones, especially in terms of the use of them by children. Ironically, about ten days later, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute released a study essentially confirming some of the international science I had ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/08/11/new-study-warns-of-cell-phone-brain-cancer-connection/ Photo: Merve Toprak This month we didn't host a Blog Carnival due to vacation, but I did receive a couple of interesting articles nonetheless that I think a lot of people will find interesting. The first is blog post about using disposable diapers: Celebrate Independence From Disposable Diapers posted at not ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/08/01/on-the-daddy-blogosphere-what-other-organicgreendaddies-are-up-to/ by Paul Davison Photo by: Carla Peroni When Lauren got pregnant, we made the decision early on that when Isabel was born, we would practice attachment parenting. You can read all about my take on AP in one of my previous posts here, but the bottom line of the concept involves ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/07/02/moving-into-the-big-girl-bed/ [caption id="attachment_124" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="I thought I knew what a real man was..."][/caption] There are few things in this world that provide a man a greater opportunity to experience the advent of true manhood than experiencing the pregnancy of one's wife, girlfriend, or partner for the first time. I say ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/06/30/a-real-mans-guide-to-pregnancy/ This article originally appeared in Monkey In My Mind. I recently successfully negotiated a pay raise and thought I'd share some things I learned during the process... Background Just about six months ago I was offered a rather substantial promotion and pay raise from my previous employer. Everything was great about the package ... http://organicgreendaddy.com/2008/06/27/how-to-negotiate-a-pay-raise-an-exercise-in-self-worth-in-7-steps/