Things a Man Should Know: About Fatherhood
Pretty comprehensive list. Number 69 is sooo true.
We played this for quite a while the other morning.
I didn't do very well, mostly because I don't understand the rules.
We were playing football the other day, and this was the vantage point from my QB point of view.
Sometimes people way over-complicate things.
I think my solution to the gate/child/cat problem is far more simple.
My son doesn't really watch much of the childrens programming I have on tv all day, but when he does actually sit down and watch something, he does just that. Sit and watch. Its glorious few minutes of free time I get to myself.
I usually keep PBS on most of the day, and in the morning we watch Sesame Street. And when I say watch, I mean generally ignore. So I've been trying to figure out which characters on the show Chase wil stop playing and actually sit down and watch. Elmo (duh), The Count, and Trash Gordon. The Count, and Trash Gordon?!
Weird kid.
What a terrible ending to what was at one point a somewhat hopeful
story. I watched enough of TechTV to have seen James come across as a
smart and decent man. Truly sad.
Yesterday I felt kinda crummy. Today I feel like shit. Super massive head-cold that makes my skull feel like my worst enemy.
So this morning I'm doing something I never wanted to do - I stuck my son in front of the tv and put in a movie (Curious George) to watch.
Most of the time we spend the day playing together, when he's not being Mr. Independant. Reading, coloring, playing with his trucks and blocks and other toys. But I just don't have it in me today, so movie it is. I feel kinda guilty about plunking the boy in front of the idiot box for too long, but there are days when daddy needs daddy recupe time.
This is a problem I never thought of when I signed on for this
stay-at-home dad gig. I don't really get sick all that often, but
when I do its usually a doosy. I've also found that I'm reluctant to do
things that I used to a lot of. I've all but stopped doing any
woodworking, because I'd be in a bit of a pickle if one of my power
saws decided to cut a finger or two off. I'm overly careful doing other
previously mundane things - using anything sharp that could cause
bodily harm, cleaning gutters, even carrying anything heavy up or down
a flight of stairs. Since we don't have a babysitter and the boy
doesn't go to a daycare yet, I have to keep myself somewhat mobile and
aware. With my history of broken bones and stitches and other emergency
room visits, thats a lot harder than one would normally think.
What's one thing you regret not doing?
I would've had child(ren) when I was a litle younger. Its hard keeping up with infants and toddlers when you're creeping ever closer to the big 4-0.
This morning my son and I were dancing to some tunes. I wasn't thinking about it at
the time, but I was shaking my booty right in front of our living room
window, where several of our neighbors have a clear view of what goes
on in our living room. They could see me, but the boy is still a tad too short to be seen.
For a brief moment I was kind of embarrased, but then I decided not to
give a rats ass, because the boy was giggling like crazy and having a
merry good time.
Fatherhood - The ultimate measure of "I don't give a shit how foolish I look. We're having fun!"
Here's another thing that experienced parents almost never tell future ones -
At some point you will have another human beings poop under your fingernails.
Oh sure, you can take all the precautions you want, but at some moment in time you will get human excrement not only on your hands, but onto surfaces and body parts that you may have previously thought to be body-waste free.
Its true. There's nothing you can humanly do to stop it. You just accept the fact and buy lots and lots of soap. And plan your meals opposite to when you are fairly certain the child will drop another load.
There. I told ya. And unless you're doing something way different and way better than I am, I told ya so.
