But, Dad Said...

I feel like I owe everyone a little catch up, but I’ve been feeling that way for days. On the other hand, fuck it, it’s just a blog. Add to that sentiment, a baby who is teething like a mug, keeping this place in order, and yard work… Well I don’t feel so bad.

Yesterday was a nice full day away from home. I’m refreshed and ready to get yelled at by a baby!

I know what else you can spell with OCK!

My recent struggle with being a stay at home parent is hard to describe. It’s a very uncomfortable feeling. The best I can do, would be to say, I feel like I’m being sucked into the mindset of a baby; hand to mouth, hyper-receptive, impulsive. It’s not that I act, or react in a like manner, I’m still a responsible adult/father, but I feel how she feels, and lives. It almost hurts, like nails on a chalkboard or squeaking styrofoam. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, It’s my job to monitor the baby, to interact with her, to teach her, to entertain her. With all that, it’s hard not to get sucked in.

I want to follow you if:

You post pictures of other people’s babies
You blog about introducing solids at 2 months
You post pictures of you at the club three days after your C-section
You get on more top lists than real parenting blogs
Your life is so shallow you feel the need to take advantage of people who sincerely care about you and your fake family.

I was greeted with Baby’s first sentence when I went to get her out of her crib this morning. And she said it twice, just so there was no doubt that it was intentional.

Like when that super annoying, talking/musical toy finally runs low on batteries and starts spewing demonic gibberish over a wildly out of tune Row Row Row Your Boat.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/a-surprising-risk-for-toddlers-at-playground-slides/

This happened to someone I follow. Don’t let it happen to you.

At some point your child will start moving on their own. By this time you should have your house “baby proofed.” Install a “baby gate,” partitioning areas safe for baby from areas not. That’s not the tip. The tip is: Remember you installed the “baby gate,” or that shit will take you the fuck out in the middle of the night.