http://www.houseparenting.comInteract with other House Parents, Moms and Dads and the joys of raising children. Share your own house parenting experiences or just read about mine as a stay at home dad.en-usThu, 09 Sep 2010 05:11:36 MDTThu, 09 Sep 2010 05:11:36 MDTwebmaster@HouseParenting.comhttp://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/38.htmlThe holidays this year were the best I can remember in some time. They were also some of the busiest days I can remember as well. This time at least it was with family. Being a Stay at Home Dad has its benefits during the holiday season for sure. It started before thanksgiving going hunting and spending time with my Aunt and Uncle from Colorado where normally I only have had a brief 1 to 2 day stay with. Then during the Christmas Holidays we had family at our house and then went to spend New Years with my wife's family. New Years was a great Celebration as collectively we purch2008-02-04 10:59:42http://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/38.htmlhttp://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/37.htmlIts hard to believe its been six months already since my son was born. I still have friends and family ask "So when are you going to have another baby?". And though looking back I see that we have overcome many obsticles; like waking up every two hours to feed, and cholic, the amount of care and involvement necessary for a child is so overwhelming that the thought of having another at the moment seems somewhat of an impossability. I hear that mothers will tend to forget or be de-sensitized to birth pains and be ready again for a baby, but I wonder do stay at home dads forget the c2007-12-19 11:15:22http://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/37.htmlhttp://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/23.htmlSo yesterday was our first day together. Yep, Mom went back to work. Fortunately we have had a little over 2 months together to get to know each other. Started off real well with normal napping and playtime and then at 2pm the crying started, he wasn't hungry, didn't need to be changed, wasn't gassy, I could only calm the savage beast by holding him. Not just holding him any old way, but the way that tends to make your arm fall off, kinda like right now 2007-08-28 08:03:21http://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/23.htmlhttp://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/2.htmlWhat a better way to let your children see what you did and how you felt from getting pregnant and through the pregnancy and then your challenges, triumphs, and wonderful moments they bring to your life than to share them in an online journal or "Blog." Today I created this site as a way for you to follow our journey into parenting, talk about your own experiences, and share those with others. A little about ourselves, we have been married 7 years and waited for the time where we felt we would be able to financially have children with one of us staying home, that’s me the stay at h2007-01-27 12:50:14http://www.houseparenting.com/bloglink/Austral/fullblog/2.html