With the birth of this new child my diaper load has just doubled. My older son has no interest in using the "big boy" potty. When told he needs to start wearing his thomas the tank engine underwear he replied "No, I want to wear diapers, mommy where my thomas underwear!!!" After getting the image of my 9 month pregnant wife trying to put on a toddler pair of underwear i threatened to give all of his diapers to his cousin Ayden. This just rose an even bigger hell and the reality set in that I'm going to be changing this child's diapers till he moves out of the house. God I hope not, I may sound negative but I'm looking forward to this new child. It may disgust me at times but the lil smile they give you, the laugh that sometimes accompanies it, makes it worth it. Little things like being able to roll across the floor a baby makes it so precious. Which brings me to my list of things that babies make cute that adults don't
1.) constipation. Though i'm sure they are in just as much discomfort as i would be in the same situation for a baby this failure to pass a turd can turn into a room full of laughter. I remember walking through a barnes and noble with my brother in law when brandon was a couple months old. Jonathan stops me, concern on his face, i look down to see my son with the brightest shade of red on his face, i guess jonathans reaction was funnier than his face and the shaking that accompanied it but nonetheless a humerous event. Even when the going is easy my son will find a secluded corner in which to do his business, ya like we don't know what you're doing brandon, While a child bears this agony with quiet squeezing and epileptic shaking, most grown adults ............. ok not going there, moving on...
2.)drooling. Having to wipe an adults ever dribbling mouth just seems disgusting to me.
3.)burping. Obnoxious, I suppose the cut off for cuteness is around two or three, I've almost peed myself on numerous occasions hearing such a loud noise coming from such a little package.
4.)Playing with yourself. Yes even the wee ones become addicted to this primal behavior though i do not know what they are doing it for, they don't even know what its for. I thought i wouldn't have to deal with this behavior until his teenage years but leave it to brandon to discover his ...... um ....... fiddle stick this early in his life. Walking in to your two and a half year old son with his hand down his pants staring blankly at the cieling, funnier than i'd expect walking in on your grandfather or something.
All joking aside i'm glad to be a new father again, as a man I'm glad i just have to sit there with a book while my wife squeezes the thing out. as a father you realize how little you really do when it comes to the raising of children because when it is all said and done it seems to be the mothers that come out on top we're just along for the ride.