Thursday, August 18th, 2005
Ten Things I Didn’t Realize About Raising a Baby
- I would become a frugal toy-crazy hoarder.
- Pregnant women and babies in strollers would jump out at me on the street. I never noticed them before.
- Hand lotion would become part of my daily routine. Cracked skin develops fast with all the hand washing after diaper changes.
- Mass media messages I previously blindly consumed would jade me into raising my kid in a household not oriented around television, video games and movies.
- It’s possible to jam to "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round."
- My vocabulary would become more interesting with substitutions (wiseacre, mutton-head, etc.).
- The heavier the baby gets, the lighter our cats feel.
- I would become very optimistic and simultaneously very worried about the future of the human race.
- Nine o’clock is late night.
- Something that didn’t exist a year ago would become the most important thing in my life.
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4 Responses to “Ten Things I Didn’t Realize About Raising a Baby”
#2 especially surprised me. Ever since my lil’ K was born I notice baby’s and toddlers ALL over the place where I never did before. And then I catch myself googling and about to go ‘awe, how cute’ before I remember I’m not supposed to do that (as a man). :)
August 20th, 2005 at 10:58 am
Very sweet. Tod – you can still do that, just be sure to have pics of your own baby handy to show off!
August 27th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Had to laugh at #7 and #9 . . . you basically took the words out of our mouths. We have a new, second son. Our first is 13 months. Late nights USED to be 9:00 . . . but, now we’re back to 11:30 with the late feeding. Sort of bums me out . . .
March 15th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I only worry I will make the wrong point at times.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pm