Parenting Sites 411

Welcome to another installment of YNTR!  As always, if you think I’m totally missing out on a fantastic read, drop me a line or leave a comment and point me in the right direction.  And now?  Onto the links!  I have some great ones for you this week (as usual), I hope you enjoy.  See you Monday, ya’ll!

• “To the guy with the wife with the baby” by sweet | salty.  Once again, Kate has hit the nail on the head.  This is formatted as an open letter to a new father, encouraging him to take part in his growing family and support his wife the way she needs him to.  Should be a must read for every father out there.
• “Now I just need to learn how to use it” by Kerflop. This began a little series by Jessica on deciding to spend some money on herself and making herself look better and how to do it.  Mostly I was just jealous she got to get all that great stuff from Sephora.
• “Under the Table” by Dad Gone Mad.  A great little essay about eating out with children, especially children who love to crawl under the table when they get bored.  And who hasn’t done that at some point in their life?
• “Bruce Willis scares the crap out of his daughters’ boyfriends” by Jonathon Morgan at ParentDish.  Ha!  It’s one of those things that you always suspected might be true but are just now finding out is entirely the case.  Who hasn’t pictured Bruce Willis as one of those dad’s sitting on the porch with a shotgun?
• “Parenting 101: The Art of Annoyance” by Mommy Tracks.  This is one of those “so true you HAVE to share it” type of posts.  All mom’s feel the pressure of needing to impart our wisdom or advice onto our children, whether they want it or not.  Me, I find their annoyance an added bonus.
• “The Smackdown Checklist” by the Advice Smackdown.  Amy’s advice has long been a staple of the blogosphere (and if it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t even know foundation brushes existed).  This post is a must read compilation of what you need to have for your face, both makeup and facial care and just what you need to be doing with it.  This is something I’m going to print out and keep in my bathroom, I don’t know about you.
• “My Responsibility” by Daring Young Mom.  This is truly a landmark post.  She discusses how her loyalty to a used bookstore is challenged when she discovers they advertise a belief in families only have two children in order to lessen the “burden” on the planet.  I can’t say it enough, you gotta read this.