Sex, Love, Marriage, Birth – Quick! Pick a Baby Name
Two little lovers
Sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes baby in a baby carriage
Doesn’t always happen quite like that, but every new baby needs a name. And when the name picking happens in a stressful delivery room, well, … there lies the story.
Today on Silicon Valley Moms Blog, the topic is Birth/Adoption Stories. Writers from all the sister sites will share something in that vein. Does me being a man who has never been pregnant keep me from participating? No way.
My post today: Sex, Love, Marriage, Birth – Quick! Pick a Baby Name.
Last time I posted on SV Moms (Calling All Matchmakers), I took a beating in comments, getting called all sorts of names. It was truly a blood bath. But here I am, back for more.
Dad’s House readers are always welcome at the Moms. Come on over and leave your mark.
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Comment by Hadley
| July 1st, 2008
Good for you! I am glad you didn’t let a vocal minority dissuade you.
Comment by vinomom
| July 1st, 2008
Hey I like your blog and I’m gonna link to it in mine! As soon as I figure out how to do that.
I’m a single mom so it’s nice to read about the flip side and see that there ARE men that make parenting a priority!
Comment by Cathouse Teri
| July 1st, 2008
Well I put up the link to my current post, which oddly is about this very thing. Is that was I was uposta do?
Comment by dadshouse
| July 1st, 2008
Hadley – thank for the props. It wasn’t easy!
VinoMom – welcome! Come back and give us your blog URL.
Cathouse Teri – very nice post of yours. Happy to link to it here: http://cathouseteri.blogspot.com/2008/06/where-have-all-young-girls-gone.html
Comment by Hadley
| July 1st, 2008
Off topic, but I’d like to ask anyway: what’s your routine for preparing for a century ride? I’m doing my first one in September with some friends who are also first-timers. I’m up to 70 miles in my training and really enjoying it, but can’t imagine how I am going to stay on the bike for 30 more miles! I plan to keep at it with weekly incremental increases…beyond that, any advice?
Comment by dadshouse
| July 1st, 2008
Hadley – wow, which century are you doing? Century rides are a blast.
For marathon running I have a rigorous training regimen that goes from hills to speed work to distance, peaking three weeks before race day.
For cycling a century, though, I just put in lots of miles. If you’re doing 70 in training, I think you’ll squeeze out those last 30, no problem. You might be dragging, but that’s half the fun. My cycling training rarely goes over 60 miles, but I do lots of hills (Santa Cruz mountains, Alice’s restaurant, can’t be beat) so my legs stay strong.
If you really want to do 100 before the actual ride, just make sure you eat and drink plenty during the ride. I’ve done the Solvang Century a few times, and they offered food stations with peanut butter sandwiches, fig newtons, gatorade, water, peanuts, M&M’s, and fruit like pineapple, cantelope, oranges, bananas. Eat, eat!
Comment by Hadley
| July 1st, 2008
I’m doing the San Luis Obispo Lighthouse Century. I’m in the Los Angeles area, my friends are in the Bay Area so we picked something central. I wasn’t ready in May for the Solvang Century, but maybe next year!
Good to know that you generally stick with a hilly 60 or less during training and are able to go 100 on the day of the ride. Maybe I won’t go for more distance and will just try to feel more comfortable with the distances I’m already doing. And see if eating and drinking more helps. Thanks!
I was in the Bay Area over the weekend and did some awesome rides–one in Marin and one in the Santa Cruz mountains. It is so hot down here these days and the weather was perfect there. I’m envious!
Comment by Leigh
| July 1st, 2008
Nice blogs
Comment by Cathouse Teri
| July 2nd, 2008
Dads and Hadley… get a room! ;)
Comment by dadshouse
| July 2nd, 2008
Cathouse Teri – cycling is the sort of conversation a dad should have outside the delivery room while mom’s in labor, no?
(I’m actually on the fence about the dad-in-the-delivery-room debate. I was there for both my kids, and I really enjoyed it once, and felt out of place the second time)
Comment by Rox
| July 2nd, 2008
Wow, I just read your “matchmakers” piece on the SVMB, and my jaw dropped at some of the harsh comments! Kudos for coming back with another great piece, and, btw, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with asking to be set up. My husband asked his buddy, also my friend, to introduce us in high school — and we’re still going strong almost twenty years later. That said, my brother met his girl on eHarmony, which is also where one of my college pals met his now-wife and where a former coworker met her intended… So I’m not so sure the stats are as bad as you think. That said, I’d rely on a friend’s intro any day over something virtual! Great posts — look forward to meeting you in SV (I’m moving my house and my posts to SVMB next month).