Important Information About Medicine Overdoses

Check out the below link to a 60 Minutes piece about the experience Dennis Quaid had with his newborn twins last year. While at the hospital, the medical staff gave his twins an extremely high dose of the wrong medicine, putting their brand new lives in danger.

When it comes to giving our kids medicine, we should be extremely vigilant, whether it's given by a parent, a grandparent, a caregiver, or a medical professional. Even if it's something as seemingly benign as Children's Tylenol, we need to pay very close attention to the dosage and timing intervals, and pay very close attention to our kids for any signs of an adverse reaction. Our kids depend on us to look after them and ensure their safety - let's make sure not to let them down. The effort is minimal, but results can be dramatic. -- Something every Dad should be thinking about.

Click here for the 60 Minutes story.

Big Changes - No Pacifier, No Diapers, No Crib

Joshua has gone through a lot of major changes in the past few months. Since April, he has been potty trained, moved out of his crib and into a real bed, and given up his pacifier. Each of one of these things on their own is a huge deal, but when they come fast and furious like they have with Joshua, watch out....

When each one of these events happens on their own, they seem like normal progress for a little boy. But when you take a step back and really consider how much Joshua's little life has changed in recent months, it really is amazing. We are in such a rush for them to keep progressing and moving forward, but when the change you were pushing for finally happens, you start to wonder what happened to your little baby and how did he get so big so fast. I guess it's the dichotomy of parenthood.

Either way, we are very proud of our little boy and will do what we can to ensure he grows up to be a well-adjusted, responsible person....just not too fast.

Loose Tooth

Rebecca just recently lost her first tooth. It had been loose for about 7 months now, which to me seemed like a really long time. But Rebecca was patient throughout, and would update us daily on the progress of her tooth. She referred to it as her "wiggly" tooth. For the past couple of weeks, it seemed like the tooth was barely hanging on, and all the while we had to make sure we didn't give Rebecca anything too crunchy to eat.

Finally, it started to "wiggle" a lot more than it had previously. And Rebecca saw blood in her mouth from the wiggly tooth, so Jen decided to take a look. While she was poking around, she decided to twist the tooth a little, and lo and behold, the thing came right out. It was a very exciting moment in our house.

Rebecca had already made a little box to place her tooth in for the Tooth Fairy. And that night, after she was sound asleep, the Tooth Fairy came and gave Rebecca a nice $10 bill. We had to explain to Rebecca that a first tooth is worth more than the rest, and she shouldn't expect the same for each subsequent tooth. The Tooth Fairy can only afford so much.