Chewbacca Electronic Mask What’s the next best thing to playing with Chewbacca? Becoming Chewbacca, of course, complete with full roar. This Star Wars Episode VII electronic mask ⏤ made famous by the laughing lady ⏤ has a customizable fit and lets out a big growl when the mouth is opened. Open the mouth wider, and the growl gets louder and more ferocious. Buy Now $32 Star Wars Ultimate Co-Pilot Chewie Available this fall, FurReal Friends’ Ultimate Co-Pilot Chewie is an adorable, 16-inch furry take on the formidable Wookiee....

READ MORE: The Fatherly Guide to Sleep Busy Days Equal Longer Nights Depending on how busy your two-year-old’s day has been, you can expect them to sleep about 11-11.5 hours per night. Naps Have More Variability One nap a day is the ideal number at this age, but when those naps happen, and for how long, can be somewhat flexible. Is baby at home? Are they at day care? These and other considerations will determine the best nap time....

As those who have children know firsthand, becoming a parent is a life-changing, challenging, long-term experience. Even before the pandemic, surveys showed that a majority of parents were struggling to balance their work demands and their desire to spend quality time with their children. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article, by Steven Greene, a professor of political science at North Carolina State University, and Laurel Elder, a professor of political science at Hartwick College....

Staring out from the altar at your family and friends dressed in their Sunday best, giving you thumbs up and throwing rice, is great, but it doesn’t reveal much about the other 99 percent of marriage. As any veteran husband will tell you, this is an ever-evolving relationship. Hopefully you experience many decades of wedded bliss. Oh, you will definitely squabble, rub each other the wrong way, bicker, and threaten to burn the whole f—er down....

First, let’s rewind a few years back. When my wife showed me the positive pregnancy test for our first baby in 2009, I blurted out, “Awesome! I just hope it’s a boy!” Fail. I figured that if I had a son I could teach him how to play basketball, throw a punch, and play in the dirt. With a girl, I’d be stuck playing dress up and other “girly crap....

If it’s not nasty and hateful, the answer is yes. Fights are almost unavoidable. People get tired. Issues, like family and how to raise kids, are personal and make you dig in. And marriage doesn’t suddenly make differing opinions disappear. “If two people agree on everything, one of them isn’t necessary,” says Lesli Doares, licensed marriage and family therapist and author of Hero Husband: Building a Super Marriage with Truth, Confidence and Authentic Leadership....

But no scene stirs more debate than the infamous sequence in which Gene Wilder’s Wonka viciously screams at Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson), who has come into his office with Charlie (Peter Ostrum) to claim the boy’s lifetime supply of Wonka chocolate. Wonka declares that Charlie won’t be getting the sweets because he “broke the rules.” Grandpa Joe asks, “What rules? We didn’t see any rules, did we, Charlie?” Wonka then laces into him, citing rule 37B of the contract Charlie signed....

What Is Gaslighting? The term gaslighting comes from the 1940 noir film Gaslight that centers on a woman who, over a long period of time, is systematically convinced by her husband that she’s going mad. But the behavior is a tactic of abuse that has been around for a long as people have been in relationships. A gaslighter is a master at turning the tables and twisting the narrative to shift responsibility and blame....

Good parenting books are, however, few and far between. The majority of parenting books are an unhelpful, condescending nightmare. They treat babies as a problem to be solved and parenting as an emo shitshow of too much wine and self-recrimination. They truck in half-baked theories that have no basis in research, or they are based on religious ideologies that have little to do with loving a kid and more to do with controlling them....

Dynamic LED Headlights and Automatic High Beams Every carmaker will have a variation on the names here, but let’s start with the basics. LED lighting enables a brighter, more focused beam of light. That helps you see more clearly. The same goes for dynamic headlights that point in the direction in which you’re steering, so as you look through a turn, it’s actually illuminated. Automatic high beams have been around for decades, but only in the last few years have they become legitimately good at detecting oncoming traffic early enough to turn off in time....

But these couples are in for a surprise. First of all, not all of them will be ready for sex after their doctor gives them the physiological all clear, no matter how active they were before delivery. The partner who gave birth “may still be feeling very vulnerable physically” for some time, said Carolyn Cowan, an academic who, alongside her husband Phil, researches couples’ transitions to parenthood. And of course, some births are harder and some people heal faster than others....

The babymoon, to be very clear, is a different kind of vacation. The goal should be to get away from the anticipatory tasks and take a deep breath, connect with your partner, and really face the exciting life change that’s coming your way — from the vantage point of a well-appointed hotel or resort. Focus on this and the two of you will be gifted a clear-eyed view of the phase to come....

The best course of action is to try and reach an amicable, joint custody agreement with an ex; if that’s out of the question, fathers need to devise an appropriate strategy for protecting themselves and their kids during child custody. It’s a daunting prospect, certainly, but many fathers have been through it before. We asked dads who’ve weathered custody battles to share some of the best and hard-won lessons they learned....

You’ve got to admit that removing a part of your body is pretty freaky. Especially if your brain is still trying to figure out what the hell a body even is. So how do you get your kid to deal with their first haircut? Basically, by any means necessary. What Age Should a Baby Get the First Haircut? A lot of cultures have ritualized haircutting around the first birthday. Of course, the thing about hair is that it grows....

Fatherly’s “Discipline Week” is a deep dive on petty crime, pettier punishments, and our collective failed attempt to not be punitive with each other (or each others kids). As it turns out, discipline matters enormously to kids and adults alike, fundamentally affecting how all of us see our roles in family and society. Here’s where to start: Dad Discipline and Mom Discipline are Different by Lauren Vinopal Why Some Adults Are Obsessed with Discipline by Jayme Moye Why Do Adults Want To Be Spanked So Badly?...

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, four rowers reached the shores of Honolulu, Hawaii, after setting sail over a month ago in San Francisco, California. Libby Costello, Sophia Denison-Johnston, Brooke Downes, and Adrienne Smith started their journey in June, intending to make it to Hawaii with no breaks and no assistance, in only their rowing boat. After 34 days, 14 hours, and 11 minutes, the women, who are part of Lat 35 Racing, completed their goal....

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But what, exactly, is an antibody test? What makes them different from the tests we have been using for months? And how do they fit into the broader fight against COVID-19? Here’s what you need to know. What is an antibody test? Antibody tests measure proteins the body produces to help fight off a viral infection. For many viruses, this immune response means that the body can’t become infected again — at least not soon after the initial infection....

The procedure creates a small opening in the eardrum, allowing middle ear fluid to drain and alleviating pain and conductive hearing loss for children with chronic ear infections as well as kids with chronic colds that cause fluid buildup, eliminating the need to handle repeated batteries of potent antibiotics. Given that fluid buildup behind the eardrum can cause hearing problems that delay a child’s natural speech and language development, inserting the tubes is an easy sell for a pediatric otolaryngologist, who can correctly claim that the surgery will help children hit speech milestones....

The scary fact is, 2 kids under the age of 14 drown in U.S. pools, lakes, or oceans every day. The obvious first line of defense is to teach your infant to swim. There are several techniques, but most agree — including a Navy SEAL who knows a thing or two about these things — that you should try to stay away from dependence on personal flotation devices. Yes, they’re as necessary as flippy floppies when you’re on a boat, but if relied upon during all pool, lake, or beach time, they give kids a distorted sense of buoyancy....