Let’s Hear it For the Daddy Blogs
Male bloggers, want to win a loyal female audience? Stop writing about Web 2.0. Instead, get married, have yourself a baby, and write about the foibles of Daddy-hood. Mommy blogs are the big rage today, but how many Dads are cool enough to write about cleaning up the poop? And let me tell you, the ladies just eat it up when a Daddy takes over for the exhausted Mommy at nighttime when the baby cries.
One of the more popular Daddy Bloggers is Chris at Rude Cactus. His readers know every detail of his relationship with his wife, Beth, and their beautiful new daughter, Mia.
Beth, having reached her breaking point (so indicated by the bottle of Jack Daniels and pint of Ben and Jerry’s she was consuming for breakfast), woke me nice and early this morning to take over. Mia had been nearly impossible to get into bed last night and refused to sleep much even after we finally got her reasonably comfortable. I picked Mia up and started the whole rocking thing…and was promptly bathed in puke. I was shirtless so this was a really refreshing experience. Mia Wardrobe Change #1. Then? She pooped. Not just any old poop but one of those forceful poops that somehow defies gravity and lets slip the surly bonds of diaper.
Ah, the joys of being a parent.
Chris is also one of the Daddy-writers at DadCentric: Not Your Mother’s Daddy Blog. This is a fairly new site that allows Dads to bitch and moan just like the women, and to give each other advice on parenting. Besides Chris, there is Tony of Cheeky’s Hideaway, Jason of Pet Cobra, Chag of Cynical Dad, Peter of Chocolate Makes it Better, Warren of Mr. Big Dubya, Pierre at MetroDad, and WhiffleBoy at Novice Surfer.
DadCentric may not be a trendy as Gawker, but where else are you going to find the answers to important questions of the day such as:
What the hell do we get for the daycare teachers?
and
Why do boys enjoy playing with Tonka dump trucks?
Frankly, thinking about Web 2.0 seems a lot more easier than being a Daddy.
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on December 1, 2005 at 12:27 pm Jason wrote:
On behalf of the DadCentric crew, thankee.
on December 1, 2005 at 1:42 pm sac wrote:
Dude, I’m a dad. Fuck, am I versatile or what?
on December 1, 2005 at 2:12 pm dave wrote:
Allow my to pimp my relatively new daddy blog: http://daddydaze.net. Check the video podcast.
Ok, done pimping.
on December 1, 2005 at 2:28 pm Christy wrote:
Don’t forget Daddytypes - cool baby gear central.
on December 1, 2005 at 2:55 pm anne arkham wrote:
Best Daddy Blog ever: Cheeseburger Brown
on December 1, 2005 at 4:00 pm Easton Ellsworth wrote:
I’m a daddy who blogs, but not about my daddyhood. However, if I had a nickel - no, a penny - for every ounce of poop I’ve scrubbed from my kid’s posterior … I wouldn’t need a full-time blogging job! So it’s either poop or post for me :).
on December 5, 2005 at 3:49 am Mattew wrote:
This are all good links, though none of them quite capture the thing that bothers most dad’s which is how to get away with not changing nappies.
on March 2, 2006 at 6:27 pm Amie wrote:
iiii yowdea