Oh Great… Another Dad Blog About Another Baby
Not big on words? Then this is the section for you. The video version of That Poore Baby.
This is a great video showing lots of ways to hold a baby. Created by a dad named Jordan Watson, these tips can really come in handy when you’re suffering from the dreaded BSF syndrome from performing the standard shoulder hold. BSF stands for baby shoulder fatigue and even though…
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Back in November of 2013, mama (before she was mama) showed me an amazing video that showed a second a day of a baby’s first year. Ignoring the fact that I did not have a video camera or a baby, I decreed that I would steal the idea and create…
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Similac, makers of baby formula, created this video that shows that even though we all have different parenting styles, we are all on the same side. It shows mothers and fathers who all come together at the end to save a baby in a runaway stroller. Strangely, after showing both…
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Boba, a company that makes baby carriers and wraps, made two great videos about being parents (You Made Me a Mother and You Made Me a Father). While the goal of the extended commercials is to advertise their products, Boba did a great job of making the main message about…
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This commercial from State Farm completely captures what many people go through as they grow up. The single guy saying he will never get married, the married couple who will never have a baby, the family that will never have a minivan, etc. Not everyone has everything figured out and…
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Vicks NyQuil created two commercials about how parents don’t get to take sick days. The first features a sick dad and the second features an ill mom. While these commercials are short, they make a valid point. Parenting is not a job, it’s a 24/7 commitment.
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The awesome father trend is worldwide now as German company Hornbach recently released a commercial where a dad of a teenage goth girl supports his daughter as best he can. The commercial is in German but it is completely visual, so no worries if you don’t sprechen Deutsch. The name…
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Playtime is over. While it is never established if these guys are dads or not, I decided to believe that they are so that I could include it on this site. This fantastic short film is directed by Andrew McMurry and features Michael Scott and Seth McMurry as two guys…
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While I try to feature commercials that are dad-driven, this one is too moving to pass up. Plus it’s all set up by dads, so they come out looking pretty good. I dare you not to get a little choked up over this one. Note: Unless you are fluent in…
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Dads have gotten a bad rap for years, especially in movies and on television. The bumbling dad is a pop culture mainstay and was perfected by Al Bundy, Homer Simpson, Clark Griswold and countless others. The push back has been an extremely slow process but finally, advertisers are leading the…
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This is an old commercial from Google that they used to promote their Chrome browser. It shows a father creating an email account for his newborn and then follows him as he emails her various milestones throughout her youth. It ends at the beginning with him hesitating to type the…
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General Mills unleashed this new #HowToDad campaign to promote Peanut Butter Cheerios, which is billed as “The Official Cereal of Dadhood.” They also launched a companion Tumblr which fleshes out the promotion with nuggets like: “Never say no when you can say ask your mother.” “Work hard, dad hard.” “Dadhood:…
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