Baby Gifts For The Sports Fan

WILD ANIMAL WALL STICKERS! Wall decals for the kids room. Huge selection, full color.

For those of you that did not catch up on the 12/2/05 SPORTING NEWS, and may just be at Target along side myself instead of watching the Pats and Bucs battle for playoff spots, I offer the following BABY SPORTS LINKS. If you are like me, and have already thrown up a couple of your favorite NFL Sports Action Figures on the shelves, the following, including the last if you celebrate Chanukah, may be 'just what the doctor ordered':

MASCOTOPIA - Team Mascot Mobiles

TEAM BABY ENTERTAINMENT - Team Baby DVDs

TRADITIONS JEWISH GIFTS - Sports Menorahs

Let me know what you think,

'Fake' versus 'Real', The Baby Crib

As a single guy hangin' at THE GATE, BAR MARMONT, and SKY BAR years ago, you could swear this was the most difficult decision you would ever face; outside of whether the Over/Under is the best way to go on any given MNF mathcup ('If you do not know what 'MNF' signifies, you may be in the wrong place'). 'How things change'.

GOOD NEWS: We have purchased the crib. 'Ya baby!' BAD NEWS: In addition to the 10-12 week wait, the folks at the company are on are a two week hiatus.

'Not to digress'. Now I am faced with what the sales associates say could be the biggest decision of my life as of yet: 'COIL' versus 'FOAM'. My associate says, 'Coil, of course, the more, the better. Foam is only for Grandma's House'. Yet when I contact the customer service representative at Seely, who happens to be a 'Grandma' for not less than 13 grandchildren, she stands by 'Foam' for everyday use.

Could this be the decision that kept me from becoming a rocket scientist? or will keep my son from winning the Heisman?

Baby Books of Reference

Since many bridges have been crossed prior to launching my blog, I must lend one piece of advice to you. While you will definitely want to get your wife and yourself YOUR PREGANCY WEEK BY WEEK by Dr. Glade B. Curtis and Judith Schuler, M.S. and THE WHOLE PREGNANCY BOOK by Joel M. Evans, MD, OB/GYN, you will want to keep you two sites handy to keep your sanity through it all, SPORTS WEEKLY and BETROYAL, two last bastions to hang on to throughout it all.

Furniture 101...Today's Baby Adventure

Gents, while I should be reviwing the trends for tomorrow's NFL matchups, specifically St. Louis versus MINNESOTA and Indianapolis versus JACKSONVILLE, I am instead headed to Baby Town to buy the staple of every child's room...THE CRIB. Like many of you, I went in blind, and was only lucky enough that one of my wife's friends handed off the 5TH EDITION of BARY BARGAINS SECRETS. One piece of advice: 'Get this book!'

While you may think there are a host of options, 'Not so'. Here are the following choices:

1.) Do you want casters, or more of a traditional 'bolder' crib with legs? I AM IN FOR CASTERS. 'If you are staring at the empty room as I am, do you really know where the crib is going, and that you are always going to want in that same spot?'

2.) Do you want the front of the crib to have a 'knee push' release in the front which allows you easier access to the pulling, or placing the child back in the crib? YES. 'Do you really want to make things any tougher on yourself in the middle of the night?'.

3.) Cost. 'Yo buddy, if you are like me and you kidded yourself into thinking there was an economical way to go, WRONG. Take the 'hand me down. Once you see the cost for the rest of the furniture, the extra $100 will simply not matter'. HIGH END.

4.) Foam versus Coil MatTress? STILL UNDECIDED.

While we had looked into CHILD CRAFT,we have decided to go with PALI. Receving an A-, an 'Excellent' for its stability, it has all the features, and the exotic craft that the wife had envisioned.

5.) I will not even throw it up as a choice as there is no question that I will be paying the fee to have them deliver and build the crib.

By the way, it should be kept in mind that I am writing from Southern California, thus all of you for tips for other parts of the country are welcome.

Welcome to Baby 101

Looking for a great gift for a child? A CD with personalized music is sure to please.

While I am sure you are thinking that Baby 101 refers to me educating you, it is actually an attempt to educate the next guy as I stumble toward fatherhood on February 17th. I hope to help lend some direction, and garner your assistance as I stumble through the next 3 months.

If you too, were the 'hippest guy in the club', livin' life to the fullest, who found your soul mate, and suddenly are seeing your NFL Sundays turned to baby classes and registering, you are in the right place to share your tales.

Since I am starting mid-stream, you may find me stepping back to lend advice that may help you. If you are like me, and found medical science to fail you when the 'going got tough', you may want to look to ZONE HEALING. If you are in the LA area, you may just want to check in with Dr. Pete. To him I say, "Thank you for the miracle work".