Comments on: This Daddy Is NOT Perfect, Either!

By: Tinch72

Tinch72 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:26:06 +0000

babbo, thanks for the great comment!! I would LOVE to write more and
more....and will do so when i finish my "night" job of working on 3 web
sites for a friend now. I take this stuff on and then the motivation ceases
because I'm exhausted like you.

I work about 3 mins from my kids daycare so i pick them up after school
(usually). SO i get 3 mins to myself from the time i leave the office to
getting them. they are usually HUNGRY, tired and ready to whine in the car.
now with it being dark at 5pm on my drive home they want the inside car
light on. i try to keep it on but sometimes it is harder to see...

I also couldn't agree with you more when you said,

Most of the time, I'm so tired that I find it really hard to enjoy my kids

By: Tinch72

Tinch72 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:26:06 +0000

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:26:06 +0000

By: babbo

babbo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:38:17 +0000

I'm not perfect, either.

God, I am so not perfect.

Your point about not enjoying your fun really hist home. Most of the time, I'm so tired that I find it really hard to enjoy my kids when I'm with them. I look forward to being together allday, then, when I gat home I find myself overwhelmed and crabby.

I find it hard to connect and simply be in the moment. Especially with dinner being cooked, diapers needing changing, tantrums, "I want, I want," I mean it's not easy.

When we had our first child, it as much easier. I had more energy, bu more importantly, there was only one little stinker running around. Now I feel my attentiion is split and I don't get t ofocus on just one little stinker...

peace,

babbo
www.daddybrain.wordpress.com

P.S. - please do write more. Your blog, like mine, deals with the real guts of being a dad. Hard to find these types of blogs...

By: babbo

babbo — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:36:50 +0000

I'm not perfect, either.

God, I am so not perfect.

Your point about not enjoying your fun really hist home. Most of the time, I'm so tired that I find it really hard to enjoy my kids when I'm with them. I look forward to being together allday, then, when I gat home I find myself overwhelmed and crabby.

I find it hard to connect and simply be in the moment. Especially with dinner being cooked, diapers needing changing, tantrums, "I want, I want," I mean it's not easy.

When we had our first child, it as much easier. I had more energy, bu more importantly, there was only one little stinker running around. Now I feel my attentiion is split and I don't get t ofocus on just one little stinker...

peace,

babbo
www.daddybrain.wordpress.com

P.S. - please do write more. Your blog, like mine, deals with the real gust of being a dad. Hard to find these types of blogs...

By: IsraeliMom

IsraeliMom — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:48:08 +0000

I love when the kids do that – make us re-live that innocent fun that only kids know how to have. We should definitely spend more time playing with them.

And, nobody's perfect. I take time off blogging every now and again, as life comes in the way. It's perfectly ok, in my book (and in my blog).

By: Tinch

Tinch — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:00:14 +0000

thanks man! love to hear other Dad's side of things. You are right. My
daughter CRAVES me at bedtime. We have an awesome bedtime routine, I read 2
books, then she climbs into her bed and I either read one more book, or sing
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and then it's "Daddy Kissy" that's what she
says. then it's kiss on both cheeks, eyes, nose, lips. then we eskimo
kiss. she loves that!!

My son does enjoy our time and I do love it when he says, "Daddy and I do
this because we are boys, and Mommy, you and K do the other thing because
you are girls!"

I wasn't trying to write this post to be all down on myself, I just was
writing it in response to Kim's post...and it got me to really think.

glad you are actually reading my stuff, you subbed to the RSS feed??

By: B. Wilde

B. Wilde — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:16:36 +0000

I think you need to give yourself a break. You and I both know that perfectionism doesn't exists. And it certainly isn't defined by how entertaining you are with your kids. I'm not going to go on about what a great “have fun” dad I think I am, but I can tell you that it's humor that really connects me with my kids. So great to hear that you let your hair down a little. I say, do it some more! I love how honest you are as it really shows the real side of what being a dad is all about. Sometimes I think we do feel like they all flock to mom. But I'll bet they flock to you as well – just in different ways. Now, go and have some fun!

By: Tyler @ Building Camelot

Tyler @ Building Camelot — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:00:48 +0000

I've given up on trying to peel my daughter away from mom – it's useless. You're fighting some sort of cosmic super power that dads can't overcome.

By: Tinch

Tinch — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:27:13 +0000

didn't think i was the only dad that has clingy-mommy-kids. thanks for the
comment about the blog! see ya