Comments on: Fatherhood Slaps Me Across The Face Like An Escaped Wild Monkey Searching For Bananas http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas Pregnancy and baby blog, a couple shares their true story into parenthood. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MindyKoob http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-26047 MindyKoob Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:56:13 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-26047 This was precious! Kudos to you for helping out, and despite the craziness, for enjoying it too!! I'm leaving town for 10 days to audition for graduate school and my husband will be taking vacation to take care of our turkey. He doesn't know our routine well b/c he works a lot, so I told him I'll have to type up notes. I'm going to miss both of my men, but know daddy and baby will be a-ok! Hugs to you three! This was precious! Kudos to you for helping out, and despite the craziness, for enjoying it too!!

I’m leaving town for 10 days to audition for graduate school and my husband will be taking vacation to take care of our turkey. He doesn’t know our routine well b/c he works a lot, so I told him I’ll have to type up notes. I’m going to miss both of my men, but know daddy and baby will be a-ok!

Hugs to you three!

]]> By: "little" one http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-24563 "little" one Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:11:44 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-24563 LOL Tarzan your a smart man...... I'll do it on his cell phone... we don't have a clock! LOL Tarzan your a smart man…… I’ll do it on his cell phone… we don’t have a clock!

]]> By: Tarzan http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23699 Tarzan Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:10:51 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23699 "little" one ... to get your fiance prepared, before you go to bed at night, set the alarm to go off at a random time like 3:47 AM without him seeing you do it. And do it every single night at different times. Tell him the alarm must be broken or something - and when it goes off, have him get out of bed to turn it off. Do that enough times, when your baby is crying in the middle of the night, your fiance will get up like it's second nature. LOL :) “little” one … to get your fiance prepared, before you go to bed at night, set the alarm to go off at a random time like 3:47 AM without him seeing you do it. And do it every single night at different times. Tell him the alarm must be broken or something – and when it goes off, have him get out of bed to turn it off. Do that enough times, when your baby is crying in the middle of the night, your fiance will get up like it’s second nature. LOL :)

]]> By: "little" one http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23696 "little" one Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:42:08 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23696 awwww T your nit used to this yet? lol, I better start my fiance on the swing of things b4 my little angel arrives :o) awwww T your nit used to this yet? lol, I better start my fiance on the swing of things b4 my little angel arrives :o )

]]> By: Tarzan http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23693 Tarzan Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:10:56 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23693 @Emily ... LOL, socks and babies are an interesting mix. I have no idea how Monkey does it, but he always manages to get his socks off. He much prefers to be barefoot I guess. @Madge ... I suppose many dogs are lactose intolerant. We asked our vet if it was OK awhile back when his addiction began and he said it's fine in moderation as long as there is no reaction or projectile diarrhea. OK I added the projectile part LOL. So yeah, it's fine. @Peta ... Hmmm... I'm sorry to hear that your man isn't helping out. Maybe try saying, "Hey, I'd really like you to learn how to feed Paige, change her, and at least know the routine. I'm not asking you to do things all the time or everyday, but you know, it would be nice to have a 5-minute break every once in awhile. And you know what? It would help our relationship. It'll make it stronger. We'll also have a stronger family bond. So don't freak out, I'm not asking you to do things all the time. Just having you know how to do something in case I have my hands full one day, want to take a bath to relax, or just need 5-minutes of some good-ole 'me time', you know? It would really mean a lot to me if you took just one tiny step to help me out. Besides, it'll be good for you. There's nothing that wakes you up better than a really smelly poopy diaper." :) And if the above doesn't work, you can try: "You know, I saw a family at the mall today and the father was feeding their baby and helping the mother out. Wow. I just gotta tell you, that's the biggest turn on in the world when a man is helping his family. Wow. I almost couldn't control myself for a minute there." That should get the conversation started. :) @Emily … LOL, socks and babies are an interesting mix. I have no idea how Monkey does it, but he always manages to get his socks off. He much prefers to be barefoot I guess.

@Madge … I suppose many dogs are lactose intolerant. We asked our vet if it was OK awhile back when his addiction began and he said it’s fine in moderation as long as there is no reaction or projectile diarrhea. OK I added the projectile part LOL. So yeah, it’s fine.

@Peta … Hmmm… I’m sorry to hear that your man isn’t helping out. Maybe try saying, “Hey, I’d really like you to learn how to feed Paige, change her, and at least know the routine. I’m not asking you to do things all the time or everyday, but you know, it would be nice to have a 5-minute break every once in awhile. And you know what? It would help our relationship. It’ll make it stronger. We’ll also have a stronger family bond. So don’t freak out, I’m not asking you to do things all the time. Just having you know how to do something in case I have my hands full one day, want to take a bath to relax, or just need 5-minutes of some good-ole ‘me time’, you know? It would really mean a lot to me if you took just one tiny step to help me out. Besides, it’ll be good for you. There’s nothing that wakes you up better than a really smelly poopy diaper.”

:)

And if the above doesn’t work, you can try: “You know, I saw a family at the mall today and the father was feeding their baby and helping the mother out. Wow. I just gotta tell you, that’s the biggest turn on in the world when a man is helping his family. Wow. I almost couldn’t control myself for a minute there.”

That should get the conversation started. :)

]]> By: Natalie @ Hope Springs Eternal http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23692 Natalie @ Hope Springs Eternal Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:49:36 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23692 Kudos to you for letting Jane sleep in!! Kudos to you for letting Jane sleep in!!

]]> By: Peta http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23672 Peta Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:31:16 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23672 well Tarzan once again you make me jealous, I am still waiting for my man to say honey dont worry i will get up and tend to the baby... Paige is still in our room and he is closer to her but he never gets up to her I have waited sometimes on the weekend to see if he will go to her but not once has he.. . he still refuses to change nappies and if she having a bottle will not feed it to her drives me nuts but what can I do Hats off to you Tarzan you may not have the routine down Pat but you gave it a bloody good shot. I hope my man reads this post very unlikely thou Love the hat Idea hehe well Tarzan once again you make me jealous, I am still waiting for my man to say honey dont worry i will get up and tend to the baby… Paige is still in our room and he is closer to her but he never gets up to her I have waited sometimes on the weekend to see if he will go to her but not once has he.. . he still refuses to change nappies and if she having a bottle will not feed it to her drives me nuts but what can I do
Hats off to you Tarzan you may not have the routine down Pat but you gave it a bloody good shot. I hope my man reads this post very unlikely thou

Love the hat Idea hehe

]]> By: Madge http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23665 Madge Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:32:52 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23665 I thought you weren't supposed to give adult dogs milk because it gave them diarrhea or something like that? Or is it okay in moderation? I thought you weren’t supposed to give adult dogs milk because it gave them diarrhea or something like that? Or is it okay in moderation?

]]> By: Emily http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23637 Emily Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:24:52 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23637 Yeah, whenever my husband is holding our son and wants to do something like warm a bottle up, he always looks at me and says, can't you do it, I've got my hands full, and I say hey, how do you think I do it all day?? haha And socks + baby legs reminds me of how he used to forget to take his socks off when putting his pajamas on, and then in the morning I'd take his pjs off and discover socks...he must have had nice toasty warm toes! :-) Yeah, whenever my husband is holding our son and wants to do something like warm a bottle up, he always looks at me and says, can’t you do it, I’ve got my hands full, and I say hey, how do you think I do it all day?? haha

And socks + baby legs reminds me of how he used to forget to take his socks off when putting his pajamas on, and then in the morning I’d take his pjs off and discover socks…he must have had nice toasty warm toes! :-)

]]> By: Tarzan http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/3338/fatherhood-slaps-me-across-the-face-like-an-escaped-wild-monkey-searching-for-bananas/comment-page-1#comment-23628 Tarzan Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:06:56 +0000 http://www.hisboyscanswim.com/?p=3338#comment-23628 @ Crunchy Nurse - Oh yes, I will. :) @ My beautiful wife Mommy Jane ... Oh yes, I forgot about the coffee cup. I was trying to be so quiet and get a coffee cup and I pulled one of those juggling gigs. The cup fell out of my hand, I tried to catch it three times, it kept bouncing in the air higher and higher - the third time was just out of my reach and C-R-A-S-H! Glass everywhere. :( At least time time I didn't put his Baby Legs on upside down this time - so see? I'm learning. :) @ Crunchy Nurse – Oh yes, I will. :)

@ My beautiful wife Mommy Jane … Oh yes, I forgot about the coffee cup. I was trying to be so quiet and get a coffee cup and I pulled one of those juggling gigs. The cup fell out of my hand, I tried to catch it three times, it kept bouncing in the air higher and higher – the third time was just out of my reach and C-R-A-S-H! Glass everywhere. :(

At least time time I didn’t put his Baby Legs on upside down this time – so see? I’m learning. :)

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