Cool Baby Stuff For Cool Dads

Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dads
Take your average guide for new mothers, chuck most of the stuff about breast feeding and ditch the deep background research and stats, then generously pepper with illustrations and burley humor and what do you have? Your average guide for new fathers. Be Prepared follows that template pretty closely, and that's really quite an acceptable thing. Yes, there's a bit too much emphasis here on broadly drawn manly stuff like changing a diaper at a ballgame, but there's also heaps of useful advice that's cleverly and efficiently presented for pops who, despite their best intentions, really aren't prepared to dig into encyclopedia-sized tomes. The basics (childproofing, bathing, feeding, entertaining) intermix with nifty sidebars (homemade bath toys, foods to never give your baby, exercises for dads) in easy-to-peruse chapters organized according to the age of the offspring up to age 1. There are more thorough how-to guides for new dads, but for most men moving into fatherhood, Be Prepared will fill the bill. --Steven Stolder

My Baby Can Talk
First Signs

My Baby Can Talk - First Signs is designed to be baby's first introduction to proverbal communication and teaches American Sign Language in a format that delights the senses while tapping into a baby's innate language capabilities. Created to encourage interaction and set to classical music, My Baby Can Talk - First Signs takes babies and their parents on an inspiring discovery of the first words and signs that are most loved by babies - including eat, drink, milk, more, book, go and favorite animals to delight babies and inspire them to begin to sign!

DadGear Messenger Diaper Bags
THE diaper bag that dad will proudly carry. Styled like a bike messenger bag, the Messenger is comfortable, durable, and looks cool. On the inside, it's packed with thoughtful features like the Quick Access Wipes Case that's sure to make your life easier. The DadGear Messenger is designed to be "hands free" so you can change, feed, and entertain your child without ever having to set the bag down. Over 20 styles to choose from...

Search Recaro Car Seats
By RECARO, the international leader in automobile, race car and child seat technology and a leading innovator in side impact protection.

Assembled in the U.S.A., the ProRIDE is a high quality child restraint that provides parents and children the luxury and safety they need for happy travels. The ProRIDE incorporates RECARO's Side Impact Protection designed to distinctly protect each of the 5 vulnerable areas of a child.

See all Video Baby Monitors
There is nothing more important to you than your child's safety and security. You want to be with them day and night to know that they are safe at all times. But with so much to do around the house in an average day, you know that it isn't always possible. These portable system allows you to watch over your child on a television, computer and/or a hand-held monitor and be alerted whenever your baby makes the slightest sound.

Read Learning Toy Reviews
The Fun With Friends Musical Table has over 50 songs, tunes and musical activities and four corners full of learning fun. For babies and toddlers aged 6-36 months, each corner of the table has an interactive, light-up character inviting baby to explore all around the table! Baby can learn letters, numbers, counting, first words, colors, shapes, opposites, animals and much more-in English and Spanish, with four different modes to choose from. Lots of activities, lots of songs, and even bilingual learning in an age-appropriate way!

Listen to the Rockabye Baby Music Collection
Rockabye Baby! is staffed by music lovers from all corners of the world. Headquartered in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake, the label was born of the need to make children's music cool--not only for babies but for their parents too. We turned to our record collections for inspiration: punk, metal, classic rock. The resulting albums are revolutionary yet reverential. In other words, the perfect gift for a newborn, new parents, or yourself.

Once inside I find my wife in the kitchen standing around by the sink. We exchanged the usual pleasantries and I began to question the unusual posting I'd seen outside. "Why do you think there would be no smoking in the house?" She asked. Perhaps, guests coming over later. Nope. My mind started turning over a few scenarios as to what the answer could be. And it finally landed on a conclusion, press pause and let me explain...

I hate to sound like Dragnet, but this had been the usual Friday. Work til about 3pm. We always got free lunch on Fridays, so very laid back. Nothing out of the ordinary. Status Quo, which by the way is a very nice 60's band. Looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend. The 48-hour getaway. Peaceful, like the gentle waves that tap the seashore in the night. We're having a baby! BAM! That popped in my mind as the logical reason to the NO SMOKING sign. That look, as my wife eyes and mine locked upon each others in gazing amazement as the reality began to take effect. I think the old comparsion to a ton of bricks.

I have started this website to offer back something that I trust will help someone along the way. After I found out the good news. I immediately began thinking how can I take steps towards eventually working at home everyday with a few keyboard clicks here and there and creating the time to become the cool Dad I had always wanted be. (Back To Top)