It is a troubling sign when my 10 month old daughter is already displaying signs of acting like me.
Every night before I go to bed I go to her room to check on her to make sure she hasn’t kicked off her blankets and not shivering in her crib. Lately, she has been waking herself up and then crying until someone comes and gets her. Last night, she tricked me. She woke herself up, and then instead of crying, she laid in her crib and waited until I came to fix her blanket. When I adjusted her blanket, she took it in one hand and kicked it off her. Thinking that it was an accident, I put it on her again. Same result. She then rolled over, stood up and put her hands straight in the air and smiled at me. She baby talked something that sounded like “Dada” and I was hooked. What was I supposed to do? Instead of waking her mother, I instead warmed up a bottle for her and put her to sleep.
Women can’t be trusted. This was a dirty trick, and I will have my revenge.
September 22, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Man, I thought I was the only dad who did that EVERY night! Good to know I’m not the only sap wrapped around his daughter’s finger. Last night was funny, she wasn’t awake, but every time I tried to cover her (with a heavier blanket than usual), she would kick it off. I finally got her lightweight blanket out of the dryer and put that on her and it stayed on. She’s also taken to screaming (at the top of her lungs) with glee when she sees me. I never knew the human voice could reach such frequencies. OUCH! But, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
September 22, 2006 at 1:26 pm
We need to have a Father of Girls (FOG’s)? group to swap stories about the other women in our lives.
October 22, 2007 at 2:58 pm
So glad that niece, Jennifer is here. She watches the Bachelor with my wife. WOOWOO! Hey becareful with that steam BATH BTW, we’re in a drought, just ask my brown sod.
DD