What We Do For Love

As days go by, I start to realize what lengths we go to for the ones that we love. Whether it is a significant other or in my case, a child,  we go above and beyond to make those we love happy. Now making a 3 month old baby girl happy is pretty easy, the just make funny noises and talk to them and their whole world lights up. The idea of loving a child made me look into the idea for an advertisement. As I am trying to keep my blog funny and joyful I found a pretty funny commercial for Sprite where a Dad is allowing his daughter to cover him in makeup and dress him up with girly clothes. Clearly this father loves his daughter so much that he is letting her dress him up even before he has what seems like a business meeting. Let me know what you all think of the video and comment about a time you may have gone above and beyond for those you love!

Mr. Mom

As a father who is home with his daughter often, I am basically the equivalent of a stay at home dad who is also a full time student. Being as the mother is usually the one who stays at home making bottles, changing diapers, and other motherly tendencies are stereotypically not the job of a father. As Hadley approaches three months I have grown quite fond of this role and truly enjoy it. Media and society play off the role of Mr. Mom for comedy and use the idea that men are simply the money makers and women are the caretakers to spin this humorous image. I stumbled upon an ad for Glad Plastic Wrap which utilizes the idea of Mr. Mom. I think this commercial is pretty funny and can relate to it myself because I tend to find myself looking for short cuts to make parenthood more fun and a bit easier. Watch the ad I've posted and let me know what you all think!

Real Dad Moments

During my marketing class we recently had to analyze Super Bowl 2015 commercials. There were many memorable commercials such as Budweiser (of course), Doritos, and Snickers. One commercial that I do remember quite well, as my girlfriend was 4 months pregnant at the time, was the Dove Men commercial where they introduced the #RealDadMoments Campaign. This commercial displays dads playing with their kids, taking care of them when they are sad, being there for them during their most proud moments, and simply just being a good dad. This commercial had an incredible impact on society and myself. Watching it again while actually being a father takes it much closer to home and makes me want to spend every second I can with my daughter. It inspires me to be the incredible dad I know I can be for her. Dove chose to state that real dads are not just the men who work all day to provide for the family and then come home for dinner; real dads are the ones who spend every moment possible with their kids and create memorable experiences.

If you haven't seen the commercial before, I have posted it below! If you already have and need to freshen up on its message, give it another view! Please feel free to comment! Share your views and opinions with me on the subject. There is much more to come as I will be posting weekly and updating any interesting news.