Picked up a good book

Today I found the book called "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby at the thrift store. It was kinda funny because if you go and google the term "fatherhood" you find Bill Cosby's book all over the place. I was a little suprised to find out it was published back in 1986. I figured that it must be a really good book if it is still a major topic on the internet 20 years after it was published.

Anyway, I will be reading it and finding out if it really is a good book. I expect that it will be. Then I will write my own review of Bill Cosby's book to appear here and on my web site www.daddyresource.com. It certainly should be a resource for dads and the subject is fatherhood after all.

My own children are growing up so fast. Carlos is talking more and more and becoming more and more understandable. He is amazing. Angelina is amazing as well. I love listening to her talk and listen to her perspective on the world.

My son pees standing up

My son has done it many times, and is on his way for being potty trained, but today was the first time I saw him do it. I told him to go pee and he stood there and went wee into his potty. Makes a father proud.

My daughter got stung by a bee

Today my daughter got stung by a bee of some kind. My sister in law pulled out the stinger and Angelina then came running to her parents. She has decided she now wants to have nothing to do with bees.

Nicolas and Jordan stayed

My nephews Nicolas and Jordan stayed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday night. They are also staying tonight (Saturday night). We had a great time with them and Angelina and Jordon are stuck together like glue. We all went to the dollar store on this afternoon and Jordon convinced Angelina that they needed to get the little clear cages to catch bees in. When they got back to our house they went out back and look for bees for about 90 seconds before giving up.

Doctor says its a virus

My son went to the doctor on Wednesday moring and the doctor said it was probably a virus. Give him medication to treat the fever and bring him back in three days if he still has one. By Wednesday night he was back to his normal self and fever free. Sometimes you just can't tell what is going to happen or what has them sick.

Wednesday through Saturday we also have our 4 year old nephew and his 13 year old big brother visitng. This gives my children someone to play with all day, and they love it.

Carlos is sick tonight

At 8:00 he had a fever of 101 so we knew he wasnt feeling well. We gave him children's Ibuprophen. Tonight Carlos woke up crying at 2:00 am. He had a fever of 100 so we gave him so more medicine and coaxed him into drinking some pedialite. The poor little guy obviously doesn't feel well.

Now with a clean diaper and medicine and liquids in him we put him back to bed and he curled up and went right back to sleep.

There is a new ABC television show called Supernanny that was onMonday nights (I am not sure it is still on that night). It’s an interesting show, especially for a new father who may want to how to handle children issues. The show features Jo Frost a supposed English “nanny” that visits families who are having issues with their children– a modern day Mary Poppins? You can see Jo Frost’s bio at http://abc.go.com/primetime/supernanny/bios/jo_frost.html.

The Supernanny web site (http://abc.go.com/primetime/supernanny/) describes the show: “In each episode of Supernanny, Jo observes how the parents handle their day-to-day obstacles with their children. Once she's assessed the pitfalls, she works with the parents, instilling her tried-and-true methods for transforming unwanted behavior. Then, after demonstrating just how well the new style will work and getting unbelievable results from the children, the parents must fly solo with the Supernanny techniques. For several days they try to implement Jo's suggestions, and she revisits them at the end of the program to help keep them on track for the future."

As a parent I watched the show to see what it was all about – I have to say, I’m hooked! I could not believe how much I learned. This week I found out that I can order the DVD of the entire first season through Coloumbia House. If anyone is interested in joining Coloumbia House I get free DVDs when I sign up a friend, so let me know.