Practical Mum » Dad’s Corner http://practicalmum.com Practical Mum Thu, 10 May 2012 16:54:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 How long till we get back to “it” http://practicalmum.com/2010/09/how-long-till-we-get-back-to-it/ http://practicalmum.com/2010/09/how-long-till-we-get-back-to-it/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:45:18 +0000 mike http://practicalmum.com/?p=4406

Proud dad of our first baby here. Our baby boy is four weeks old. Now here’s my question: my wife and I haven’t been intimate since his birth. Is it normal to be this long? If not how long is normal? I’m climbing the walls here and taking long showers!

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I recently married for the second time and my wife wants a baby. I already have two kids and I’m 39. I don’t want to be 60 when my kids has his/her 21st. She has two kids too but she feels a child will bring us closer together. What do I do?

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I’ve been a smoker for 20 years. Now I have a 8 year old who comes home from school and tells me how I’m going to die of cancer because I smoke and is in tears. I can’t take that! What advice you got for an old dog learning a new trick of not smoking?

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]]> http://practicalmum.com/2010/08/help-to-quit-smoking/feed/ 3 How do I get work done when I work from home? http://practicalmum.com/2010/08/how-do-i-get-work-done-when-i-work-from-home/ http://practicalmum.com/2010/08/how-do-i-get-work-done-when-i-work-from-home/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:34:36 +0000 benny http://practicalmum.com/?p=3825

Hey guys. My job just changed and I now work from home, so I have our 2 year old and 4 year old running around my ankles while I’m trying to make calls and get paperwork done. Does anyone else work from home? How do you get anything done?

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I feel like ever since having our two boys 4 years ago that I never get any time with my wife anymore. What happened? This isn’t what I signed up for when I said yes to starting a family. How can I get some us time without her worrying about the boys?

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What do you do when your 17 year old daughter brings home a drop-kick? I want to punch his lights out every time I see him!

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I’m a black belt in Hapkido, been doing it since I was a teenager. My teenage sons couldn’t care less. How do I get them into it?

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We have 3 kids and my partner wants a fourth. I don’t know if I can go again. How can I convince her to stop at 3?

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I get home from work with about half an hour to spare before my kids go to bed. I’m not going to win any father of the year awards with that amount of fathering, no matter how awesome I am.  How can I be an effective father while working such long hours?

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When I was 15 my old man, on the occasion, let me share a beer with him. It didn’t have any negative effects on me, I drink responsibly, and yet the missus just does not agree. Do you intend to do this with your sons? If so, what age, and why?

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Shelagh Cummins is the founder, editor and Mum-in-chief at Practicalmum.com – an online community parenting resource & blog. She is also the Principal at BizTrainHer.com, a boutique firm specializing in desiging, developing and facilitating training for women in business.

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