Friday, June 10, 2011

What have we learned in four weeks?

I have been a parent for nearly a month now. I've picked up some tips along the way:

Always use the pee pee teepee. Always.

The human body can function on very little sleep. It doesn't function well, but it functions.

The battery companies and the baby gear companies are colluding with each other. Seriously, the SEC should look into this.

White noise white noise white noise. Don't try to sleep without it.

Minivans. Drink the kool-aid.

Every time the alarm goes off for the midnight feeding, I cringe. Then every time one of my sons sleepily looks at me or nuzzles into my neck, I un-cringe. It's wonderful.

If we could derive energy from unsolicited parenting advice, we could power the planet until it is a charred husk about to be devoured by a dying sun.

On the flip side, good parenting advice is worth its weight in gold. Parents have been doing this for years so something must work.

In the end, you have to make your own decisions. And it will be ok.

Finally, the boys seem to already be settling their differences themselves.

Settling their differences

Hope you are (sleeping) well.