fatherhood
How can I expand my picky eater's palate?
- 14 Jan, 2023
- Lisa Vratny-Smith
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Dear Mama Drama: My two-year-old won’t eat anything, but macaroni and cheese. I’m afraid to give him other things because if he doesn’t eat it he’ll be hungry. I see other children, even younger than him, eating a wide variety of foods. I am amazed that they will eat things like tofu and vegetables. How […]
Fatherhood and Grief: A Heart That Works
- 01 Dec, 2022
- Mile High Mamas
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“I went through a real transformation from anger to really more love,” Comedian and Actor Rob Delaney says of writing his new memoir, A Heart That Works, which shares an intimate look at life after losing his 1-year-old son Henry to a brain tumor. This visceral and deeply personal memoir by the star of the […]
Denver dad Chris Sekirnjak is a longtime contributor for Mile High Mamas and the author of Denver Playgrounds & Parks: A guide to the best play areas in metro Denver. In honor of Father’s Day, we asked him how he got started. Tell us a bit about your family. My wife and I met in […]
Happy Father’s Day! This is a full week for me as both my dad’s birthday as well as Father’s Day land on the same week. I intend to do some grilling with him – and maybe go fishing as well. What do you do to celebrate your dad? We have rounded up some AWESOME dad’s […]
My evolution from a single guy to a Denver dad
- 14 Jun, 2021
- Mile High Mamas
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You remember the first time a baby photo from your good friends popped up on Facebook. Wow. They made the leap. They had become grown-ups. Good for them, but definitely not something for you and the wife. Of course, after a while, it became a regular occurrence. Every other post was a new little alien […]
After the year we have had, wonderful dads need to be celebrated more than ever. As a head’s up, Father’s Day is Sunday, June 20, 2021 and Denver has so many awesome things Dad–and the whole family–will love. Visit Denver has some awesome ideas including ‘The Shining’ at Film on the Rocks and checking out […]
My sister and I took my mom to the Art Museum last week for her birthday. The museum has a great exhibit, Paris to Hollywood that features the fashion and influence of Veronique and Gregory Peck. The dresses were spectacular and what was more fun was that my mom said she had some dresses like […]
Disagreements and parenting – two things that seem to hit just about every parent. The question is does it have to cripple your relationship? Does believing in time-out vs. sticker chore chart really need to be something that after years of not being resolved causes divorce? Nope. It doesn’t. Let’s talk about why […]
Pandemic Parenting is No Joke
- 18 Nov, 2020
- Mile High Mamas
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Pandemic parenting’s no joke. But there’s still little bits of gold in this dark mineshaft that COVID has forced us into. That mineshaft – our world – is smaller now. With less in the outside, we’ve turned inward, toward the people we live with. It can be as intense as an overstuffed oven. I’ve had […]
Happy Father's Day!
- 21 Jun, 2020
- Amber Johnson
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We love our Mile High Fathers. Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers and singers of song. -Pam Brown A good father is one of the most underpraised, unnoticed and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society. -Billy Graham My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could […]