New Parents are Blind

artb — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:00:00 GMT

We were looking over some old pictures of Elsie and I realized just how true that old saying is, "A face only a mother could love..." It's not that Elsie wasn't lovable and cute in her early days, but it's really true that we parents are blind in our belief that our new little offspring is perfect. Yes, they are perfect to us, but why can't we see that not everyone else is going to share our feelings? Let's face it, most babies look pretty strange during that first month, but fortunately nature has provided us with some kind of filtered vision when our own children are concerned. We're blissfully ignorant!

For instance, here's a picture I liked to show around when Elsie was about 1 month old. Her head looks tiny and strange! And on top of that I look like a doofus with that silly bow tie. Blind!

Exhibit B:

That was Elsie, 4 months old. That might not have been a very flattering angle, but anyway, you get my point.

But now, oh now, she's a cute lil' girl. I'm not blind anymore, that's for sure. Here she is playing with her new favorite toy, a cooking pot. She can bang that thing around for hours.

I'm a Deadbeat Dad

artb — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:33:00 GMT

I've been away from home for a while now and it is indeed nice to be diaper free at times, sleeping through the night etc. Ah yes, maybe if I never return...

But I wouldn't do that! In fact, as any parent can attest, you quickly begin to miss the little one. I don't know how the dead beat dads do it. I actually thought up that blog title because I recently discovered the feature on these blogs where the writer can see how people come to visit his or her particular post. By this I mean I can see what sort of google or yahoo search terms are being used to lead readers to a particular posting. I was particularly curious about this because I noticed that certain post title were drawing un unusually higher numbers. For instance the title "Is Your Baby Gay?" led to spike in visits and upon examination I saw that the most common google search which led people there was "gay diaper"...I'm afraid those people didn't get what they were looking for. Another popular post was titled "Can you drink breast milk?" In this case I think most people were actually looking for what they found, but the post titled "Naked Babies!" (#3 most poplular) may also have been a dissapointment to some searchers.

Anyway, I'm in NYC now for work while Elsie and her mom stay at home and try to get through life without me. Apparently things are going well and not to sound gushy but I really do look forward to the moment when I can hold little Elsie in my arms again. And Maggie too! I've posted some picture of Elsie and cousin Ida in their halloween get-ups, in case you were wondering why they were dressed as bees. Ida was a little grumpy about her costume since she couldn't strech out her legs. We went trick or treating but didn't let the girls eat any candy. I wonder if we could keep up that tradition?

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New Parents are Blind

I'm a Deadbeat Dad