February 2012
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Mi Vida
As many of you know, I have been struggling with my stints of solo-parenting. Mommy has a great job, but it means she travels a lot, leaving me alone with the baby. Until recently my mindset has been “just get through this.” Last Friday I had an epiphany, This is my life! As much as I wish I had the better job, and Mommy could be the stay at home parent, it’s just not our...
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Sugar High
My phone bit it last night, so today I took a trip to the mall with Baby. I’m still kind of awkward in public with her. I was rocking the front facing Bjorn carry made famous by Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover. It’s hard being this good looking AND having such a cute baby. I try not to make eye contact, as that would just seem boastful. When I pass people and they say, “Oh!...
Friday
Did you enjoy my daily updates from my week of solo-parenting?
Monday
Baby connected 2 headbutts and a solid right-cross.
This may hurt a bit
We’re acting like it’s a normal day, but it’s not. In five hours Mommy leaves on a business trip. She will be gone ‘til Friday, then leaves again next Sunday for another week. There is even a possibility that she will have another trip the week after that.
On a positive note, I can almost feel Winter’s grip loosening. Days seem brighter and longer. By the time...
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11 year old girl has serious skills on a...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/svoip/11-year-old-girl-skateboarder-4y59
Everyone I know brings up the same question about my daughter: When is she going to start skating? I really don’t want her to, which means she probably will. I cringe at the thought of her skateboarding. I know how much it hurts.
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Consequence of being a stay at home parent
Dealing with door to door sales people.
Door to door sales people infuriate me. I’m guessing over half the ones we receive are roofing scams. It has gotten to the point where I just quickly cut them off and say, “We’re not interested.” then they give me a dirty look like, how rude of me for interrupting them. The irony is palpable.
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Boot Camp Field Notes
When we were expecting we took every class regarding birthing and childcare offered by our care provider. Well, I didn’t take breastfeeding and Mommy was not allowed to take Daddy Boot Camp. While I found Daddy Boot Camp lacking in the information department, it was a great forum to share my worries and fears about becoming a father.
Every month I receive follow-up newsletters called...
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Part of the process
I started this blog for two reasons: to have a place where I could document the early years of my child; and to start a new hobby, writing.
It should not be surprising to any of my followers that I have no idea what I’m doing regarding both parenting and writing. I do not have a college degree and I am the youngest in a family of six. I simply do the best I can and try to enjoy it.
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The dog
My dog is named James. James is a girl. Don’t judge! James is a ten year old, purebred Toy Fox Terrier. So, she’s small. Insert manhood joke here. I have taken heaps of crap over my dog James. I love James. James was free.
Three months before 9/11 my former life wrecker girlfriend set up an appointment to get James from a breeder in Palm Springs. At the time, I was...
naptimeraptime asked: Hey Dad, how's baby? Fever break? 104 sounds pretty scary/miserable. Hope all is well.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics can suck it
We’re watching cartoons all day.
"Hard" rears its ugly head
It’s 4am. I haven’t slept. Baby has a fever of 104.
Edit: 5:15am. Mommy is taking over, even though I honestly believe I could stay awake forever, if that’s what was required of me.
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Groan
As expected, we woke up to more snow.
Thanks for everyone’s suggestions yesterday! We ended up taking a trip to a bouji toy store to buy bubbles. The young clerks quickly fell under Baby’s Aveno scented spell. They were bustling around the store picking out things for Baby to try. “We’re really just here to buy bubbles.” Then they looked at me like I cut one. ...
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Cabin Fever
When Mommy got pregnant I knew the first six month were going to be really hard. Not just because raising an infant is hard, but because the first six months would be during winter. Today there is over a foot of snow everywhere, with more expected to fall. Mommy is working and Baby and I are really bored. Coming up with activities for us to do has been tough in the last couple months. For...
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Baby's Thinking Place
The Exersaucer may as well come with a roll of toliet paper and a six month old issue of Marie Claire.
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I'm supposed to be the funny one!
Ok, I have a confession to make. I’m a little jealous of the breezy, gigglly banter shared by Mommy and Baby. My wife is awesome, but comedy is not quite her forte. That’s not to say she’s not funny, she can bust me up on the regular. She is, however, that person that will try to tell a joke and just before the punchline say, “No wait,” and then laugh to her self and...
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Stupid bat shit crazies in the middle of the night
Is it called 4 month wakeful because it happens at four months, or because it lasts four months? Or both? Because she’s five months now, and if this lasts much longer I may take her back. Where the fuck is that receipt?
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