My friend Diama just sent me a really funny blog written by a stay at home dad. I really cracked up when I read his post called My Daughter, the Nazi. It was definitely the kind of laugh I needed today.
When Emmeline did a Nazi salute in the middle of the Jewish Community Center and then strode goose-stepping under a wall-sized quote by Anne Frank, I sensed my penchant for teaching her random, silly parlor tricks had taken a turn for the worse. The alphabet, numbers, real animal sounds — I think we’ll be doing a lot more of those from now on.
I guess this just proves that you can have the best of intentions as a parent and things will still go awry.
I brought Mike back a book called Daddy Needs Drink after he emailed me at work with another frustrating experience trying to get Liam down for his afternoon nap. He’s reading it as I write this and I’m relieved to hear him chuckle every once and awhile. There is something cathartic about reading blogs/books about parents who are having similar experiences with their kids, especially when they manage to put a humorous twist to things.
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27.07.07 at 23:08:44
cry it out!
Hey! Thanks for the very kind words. (I loved daddy needs a drink, too — such a wonderful book. I’m glad he’s reading it!)
Thanks again –
Mike
28.07.07 at 16:06:50
Mom (Lawson)
Don’t forget Mitchy’s friend’s blog - remember, the one I printed out an item from for Mike before you had Liam?
http://ipdriscoll.com/blog/?p=20
Be sure to check the archives - you’ll be laughing for days, if you can find all the ones about being a stay-at-home dad - he writes about other things too. Not sure what keywords you would use in the search, I tried parenting, but only came up with a few. Try the names of his children, Olivia and Astrid, that should do it. I’ve been looking for the especially hilarious one I printed out for Mike, but couldn’t find it - will send it on if I do.
Here’s a random quote from his blog (from his daughter to himself):
” I’ll sit on the new couch because I’m new; you sit on the old couch because you’re old.” You have a lot of these to look forward to once Liam starts talking.
28.07.07 at 16:12:52
Mom (Lawson)
I found the link
http://ipdriscoll.com/blog/?p=13
28.07.07 at 19:13:28
Carleen Huxley
You’re welcome, Mike. Thanks, mom! I love that post! Hilarious.
30.07.07 at 07:19:03
tara
one of my friends puts his kids to sleep through gaming music. He plays and they fall asleep.