DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies®. As busy as raising 4-year-old twin boys gets, I still try to squeeze in time to make sure they are growing up to be men my wife and I can be proud of. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to have our Las Vegas Dads Group help fight diaper need and have my twins assist in the effort. The boys and I, along with my brothers in the Vegas Dads Group, spent a week collecting diaper donations from neighbors, friends, and family before a few of us met up at the Las Vegas Diaper Bank. There, we spent the evening creating diaper packs that the … [Read more...]
Huggies, Boston Dads Group Helping Tackle Diaper Need Issue
DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies®. Several members of our Boston Dads Group recently joined forces with with Huggies and its No Baby Unhugged program to help create care packages of children’s winter clothing, diapers and wipes to aid families struggling to meet the basic needs of their children. Keeping a young child clean, dry and healthy -- especially in the cold of a New England winter -- is a challenge for any parent. A recent Diaper Need and Its Impact on U.S. Families study by the National Diaper Bank Network and its founding sponsor, Huggies, found that one in three … [Read more...]
Huggies, City Dads Help Fight Diaper Need in Chicago
DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies®. In City Dads Group’s latest community outreach venture, our Chicago chapter this month joined forces with Huggies and its “No Baby Unhugged” program to help create care packages of childhood necessities like clothing and school supplies. Members of our Chicago Dads Group went to work one afternoon at the Cradles to Crayons’ Giving Factory, sorting and packaging enough items to help 105 children, big and small. The biggest order of the day, of course, was diapers – courtesy of Huggies, which donated 250,000 Huggies diapers for babies in need … [Read more...]
Little Movers Diapers Perfect for Catch Me If You Can
DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies® diapers and wipes. Eight p.m. – clock out time. This used to mean coming home for dinner, catching up on television shows or a movie. But these days, it’s a little different. Once I leave work, I have to get pumped up for my daily game of “Catch Me If You Can.” Now that our growing 11-month old son is mobile, the days of sitting him in his car seat or bouncer are long gone. We’ve child-proofed our home: edge cushions for furniture, electrical outlet covers, we keep more doors closed, and use baby gates for stairs to insure his safety in … [Read more...]
Upworthy Agrees: Dads Need Changing Tables for Babies, Too!
Our recent report on diaper changing tables now being required in men's and women's rooms in publicly accessible federal buildings caught the eye of the people over at the Upworthy website. They interviewed City Dads Group co-founder Lance Somerfeld on the subject as he changed his daughter on a park bench, and posted the video on Facebook. As of this publication, the video has received more than 430,000 views and 450 comments. Earlier this month, President Obama recently signed into law the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act, or BABIES Act. The new law requires baby changing … [Read more...]