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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Superbb !!!!
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Megan Forbes wrote:
this man should be Dad of the year - every year?
This article's been posted before, but it's worthwhile to see it again. It's nice to see positive items in the media about fathers doing the right thing. All too often, it seems like the only thing you see are stories about deadbeat dads not supporting their kids, or worse, those who think their children are toys for their perverse amusement :shudder:. Dick and Rick Hoyt have a site here[^]. There are a number of articles on the web about them; googling "Dick Hoyt" brings them to the top of the list. BTW: I know other people have probably told you this, but treasure the time your son is still "the little guy". My daughter is now a freshman in high school, and is going to her first formal dance this weekend ('homecoming', an American high school football tradition). I about had heart failure when I saw her dress. I'm proud of and amazed by the young woman in front of me, but I still miss the little girl. My baby's growing up :((.
Software Zen:
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
I think Rex posted this a while ago.
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Crikey.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Always worth seeing again. :) When Rex posted it, he linked to it from Fatherville[^], which looked like an interesting site filled with other stories of fatherhood. You probably can find other 'Dad of the Year' contenders on there.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Megan Forbes wrote:
The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now
I love to start the day with a tear in my eye. I hope your child woke, smiled and went back to sleep.
Mike Dear NYT - the fact is, the founding fathers hung traitors. Vincent Reynolds: My opposition is as enlightened as your support, jackass. dennisd45: My view of the world is slightly more nuanced dennisd45 (the NAMBLA supporter) wrote: I know exactly what it means. So shut up you mother killing baby raper.
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Megan Forbes wrote:
this man should be Dad of the year - every year?
This article's been posted before, but it's worthwhile to see it again. It's nice to see positive items in the media about fathers doing the right thing. All too often, it seems like the only thing you see are stories about deadbeat dads not supporting their kids, or worse, those who think their children are toys for their perverse amusement :shudder:. Dick and Rick Hoyt have a site here[^]. There are a number of articles on the web about them; googling "Dick Hoyt" brings them to the top of the list. BTW: I know other people have probably told you this, but treasure the time your son is still "the little guy". My daughter is now a freshman in high school, and is going to her first formal dance this weekend ('homecoming', an American high school football tradition). I about had heart failure when I saw her dress. I'm proud of and amazed by the young woman in front of me, but I still miss the little girl. My baby's growing up :((.
Software Zen:
delete this;I agree, Gary. My three daughters are no longer the little girls that I used to do all sorts of crazy things with. Two are at university and the third starts next year. All three are now beautiful young women who I love dearly, but there are times that I really miss the fun stuff and times that we shared together. Thank god for pictures and memories. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] Nobody likes jerks. [espeir] The zen of the soapbox is hard to attain...[Jörgen Sigvardsson] I wish I could remember what it was like to only have a short term memory.[David Kentley]
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My son has decided anytime from 5am is a good time to wake for the day's fun. Waking in the night is also not uncommon. This makes Brend and I rather grumpy, when in fact we should just be grateful we have the little guy at all. Someone sent me this link[^], surely this man should be Dad of the year - every year? The video is amazing. I'm off to kiss my sleeping child now (and hopefully not wake him :) )
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
How old is your son now? I'm not quite sure I remember but have you looked into something called scheduling. We used it with all 3 of our kids and they all slept through the night for 10-12 hours after about 7 weeks and that's a pattern that holds today at 6 years old, 5 years old and 19 months old. BTW - Might seem odd getting parenting advice from a guy but I don't in any way fit your normal profile. Had to keep one of my kids alive for about 3 years and during that time I learned more than I ever wanted to know about too many things. I'll always treasure the experience but some things I never want to remember again... - Rex
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How old is your son now? I'm not quite sure I remember but have you looked into something called scheduling. We used it with all 3 of our kids and they all slept through the night for 10-12 hours after about 7 weeks and that's a pattern that holds today at 6 years old, 5 years old and 19 months old. BTW - Might seem odd getting parenting advice from a guy but I don't in any way fit your normal profile. Had to keep one of my kids alive for about 3 years and during that time I learned more than I ever wanted to know about too many things. I'll always treasure the experience but some things I never want to remember again... - Rex
Hi Rex, I'm sorry I've not had a chance to get to know you better, your posts seem to always be interesting. You sound like an amazing dad. Unfortunately I have no idea what scheduling is, nor if it would apply to a 16 month old? I think I remember you talking about your wife breastfeeding, if your kids were sleeping through that you and breastfed that scheduling must be quite something! Mikey's sleep has always been a nightmare - severe reflux (probably sounds like such a minimal problem in comparison to what you've been through) meant he couldn't even nurse to sleep when he was little. I'm not really a believer in leaving him alone to cry in his room for ages until he falls asleep in exhaustion either (however effective that might be at "training" them to sleep). Having said that though, unless any future kids have reflux like he did I will be a lot stricter on them. Having to be carried upright in a sling for the first 3-4 months just to make his pain bearable was obviously not great for creating good sleep habits. Anyway, I'm babbling... What I was meaning to say is, great to meet you, I'm sorry I've not been around more since Mikey's birth (May 2005) to get to know you better :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
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Hi Rex, I'm sorry I've not had a chance to get to know you better, your posts seem to always be interesting. You sound like an amazing dad. Unfortunately I have no idea what scheduling is, nor if it would apply to a 16 month old? I think I remember you talking about your wife breastfeeding, if your kids were sleeping through that you and breastfed that scheduling must be quite something! Mikey's sleep has always been a nightmare - severe reflux (probably sounds like such a minimal problem in comparison to what you've been through) meant he couldn't even nurse to sleep when he was little. I'm not really a believer in leaving him alone to cry in his room for ages until he falls asleep in exhaustion either (however effective that might be at "training" them to sleep). Having said that though, unless any future kids have reflux like he did I will be a lot stricter on them. Having to be carried upright in a sling for the first 3-4 months just to make his pain bearable was obviously not great for creating good sleep habits. Anyway, I'm babbling... What I was meaning to say is, great to meet you, I'm sorry I've not been around more since Mikey's birth (May 2005) to get to know you better :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Oh I don't think you are babbling at all. I know all about reflux in spades. http://www.pediatricparents.com/Katie.htm[^]Scheduling just means that you feed them and rest them on a set interval of time and you don't miss that interval except rarely. But it's also flexible to it all just depends on your own lifestyle. If you are interested amazon.com and search for "babywise". In terms of what people go through with their kids it's all relative. I'd never think that because of stuff I've seen and done that your story seems weak by comparison. That's just not how I operate. We all are given challenges we can deal with at many levels. Those of us who have been through more have a responsibility to encourage those who are coming behind us. When it comes to kids man I've laid it all on the line. I lost my job and my home keeping Katie alive but in 4 years I've recovered (by great faith) all that I had and a whole lot more. I have tremendous sympathy for anyone with children who has to deal with any ordeal of any size. It's horrible to worry about your kids and be powerless to do anything about it other than to react. Katie had to sleep in a swing her first 2 years of life. We couldn't let her sleep in a bed because if she did vomit she very well could choke to death from it. We also thought she tended to vomit less if upright.