Video airing of Boot Camp for New Dads at Northside Hospital in Atlanta

Here is the link to The Today Show airing of Boot Camp for New Dads at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.

If you haven’t been to a class, this is the next best way to get an idea of what we do:


You can see the story here: http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=3679d5ab-796f-43e4-990b-9277c13e088d&f=00&fg=


"Our mission is to help assure every child a father they can count on, no matter what."

Daddy Boot Camp September 8th at Foothills Hospital in Boulder, CO.

Boulder's Daddy Boot Camp Saturday, September 8th at Foothills Hospital in Boulder, CO!

Expectant Dads did their part to prep for the asteroid headed for their home, including the basics of changing a babies diaper.

As facilitator, I get to help dads prep for the final weeks of a pregnant partner, birth, and the first three months of life with a baby (and Mom!).

I never had this class for myself when my first kid was born, and I had no idea what Dr. Austin meant when he showed me the umbilical cord. Cut what? Then the placenta came out and I got dizzy. Just a little prep, people, would have saved me a lot. That's why there's Daddy Boot Camp!

Start Time: 9am

Foothills Hospital
Boulder Community Foothills Hospital
4747 Arapahoe
Boulder, Colorado 80303
(720) 854-7000 The hospital is located at the northwest corner of Arapahoe and 48th Street, near Foothills Parkway in east Boulder. Click here for a map and directions.

November 10th class may have an opening. To check and register (Required), contact:

Coreen Schmidt

Executive Director

St. Vrain Family Center
P.O. Box 2174
Longmont, CO 80502-2174
Phone: (303) 776-5348

www.stvrainfamilycenter.org



If you are a Veteran Dad with a baby under 1 year old, PLEASE COME ANYTIME DURING THE CLASS For Free Coffee, Pastries, and a NICE CIGAR. If you know a dad with a child under 1 year old and bring him with his child to the clasee, your class fee will be REFUNDED.

Thanks,

Barney & Andy & Bill
Boot Camp Facilitators

Dad does not know everything

My day job is for Lijit Networks, we provide a neat customizable search wijit for your blog. It's right over there on the left, see?

Here is an email I wrote today to Dr. Carlos N. Velez, Ph. D. thanking him for using our Wijit on his The Life Sciences in New York State Blog. His recent post concerns the Chinese beginning to understand the importance of FAILURE, and I am a personal fan of Failure as it relates to raising children. Here is my email sent today:

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Hey there Carlos. I noticed that you signed up for an account with us recently and wanted to thank you for putting our Search Wijit on The Life Sciences in New York State.

In the interest of insuring a positive Lijit experience, I was wondering if you had any feedback for us concerning the sign-up process and the installation of the wijit. We are a growing company and the development team counts on your comments to improve what we’re doing.

My job is to help Lijit Blog users with any questions about using Lijit. Let me know if there is anyone of your blog peers you think would also benefit from using our network search tool as well. I grew up in Suffern, NY, and my mom taught elementary in Spring Valley, NY for over 30 years. I see so many blogs that all try to tackle some big issue, and it’s rare and welcome when a blog takes a unique and helpful niche, such as Life Sciences. (Whispers: It’s the true power of the blog platform).

I am lucky enough at Lijit to be given as much time as I need to read our Lijit Blogs, and I like to dig around, and avoid just commenting on recent posts. However FAILURE! I love failure. I love the Chinese are understanding failure. It is a sign of maturity, both for an individual, and a state, to embrace and ponder failure and all it communicates. As a father of two daughters, I am often a “Failure Cheerleader.” An in Boulder, where we moved from the east coast over a decade ago, and back in NYC, there are many parents who run from failure, are frightened by it, protect against it. One of my favorite questions asked by my first daughter was “Daddy, do you know everything?” She was 6 or 7 then, and I was taken totally off guard. I did not answer immediately, though one voice in my head said, “Say ‘YES’ Dads are supposed to know everything.” But I pondered for what seemed a forever pause, her looking at me with big eyes, me picturing some other kid at school declaring her dad “Knew Everything.”

“Well”, I finally answered, “I learn things from YOU. So I don’t know everything.”

Also, I wanted to make sure you’ve checked out your Lijit stats page. We offer information about how your readers came to your blog and what they searched for while on your blog, both of which can be used to get a better sense of your audience. Along with the weekly stats email that we send you, we’ll also include tips on how to better utilize your wijit, news of recent upgrades and the addition of new features. Thanks for taking the time to check us out, for Life Sciences in New York State, and have a great day!
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