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• I'm going to put on a diaper and cry

  I don't know how to express this without it sounding a little weird, but here goes.  I am needy sometimes.  No, that's not the weird part.  And sometimes I want to be cradled and comforted and catered to.  It's true, I would sometimes just like to put on a diaper and cry about everything that I want and maybe just be a baby for a while.    "No, I don't want to eat my cereal and no I don't want any juice and no there is nothing you can do to get me to stop crying but I want you to continue to try."    I have been through a lot lately and I don't have to be rational, logic or even adult.  I would be happy if someone would just pick me up, put their arms around me and rock me for a while.  Okay, so that is the weird part.  Did I tell you that I have been through a lot lately? Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 10:00 PM by TheFosters with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Dads, parenting, gay, Fostering, Adoption, gay adoption, family, sleep

• While you sleep

  There is almost always someone sleeping in our house.  Although there is a rambunctious pre-toddler who waddles everywhere sometimes pulling his wagon or pushing his mower or playschool bus, there is some heavy snoozing going on.  Amongst the three dogs the oldest, Mika is typically asleep more than awake.  She sleeps a little harder these days, and seems to be less aware of the commotion.  But she tends to put herself in the middle of everything so she gets kicked more often than any of the dogs.  We have been teaching Ty about doggie feet, that they aren't to be run over, stepped on or otherwise met with any kind of blunt force or trauma.  For the first time yesterday, I saw him approaching Mika who was characteristically stretched out in the doorway to the kitchen, and maneuver his little wagon completely around her.  Given her location I was impressed that he was so adept at avoiding her given that he didn't have much clearance to get through the doorway. Read More... Posted Aug 19 2008, 10:00 PM by TheFosters with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Dads, dogs, family, sleep