It’s Deduction Watson!!!
Feb 27th, 2007 by Lezhai
It amazes me how someone who is intelligent, capable and makes millions for big companies can loose all common sense when put in charge of a baby. Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore my husband, for more reasons than already listed, but I can’t help but rant a little about his “parenting” the children while I am off running errands. For someone that is highly capable as a father he seems to fall apart at a baby’s cry. Now he is no novice to this parenting thing, but from the very beginning he fains frustration when ever left with any child under the age of two. Now don’t get me wrong, I understand that virtually NO ONE wants to be left with a child under the age of two…or three….or four for that matter.
So why is it that an intelligent, capable grown man falls apart when the baby cries, not knowing what to do or how to do it? I think deep down this is his way of getting me to avoid leaving the baby when I go or do anything! There is usually one of four things that could be wrong with a crying baby. Either the poor thing is hungry, tired, dirty, or in pain. It is a matter of deduction Watson! So I say to the highly capable fathers out there that fain stupidity at the sight of a small child…..we are on to you!
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I must admit as a father I don’t always look forward to my “parenting” opportunities. If I continue with the honestly, it usually has to do with me being selfish with my time and having a million other things I would rather be doing. When I try to do some of those things and watch the kids at the same time, it is always an exercise in frustration. But, when I kick myself in the rear and just spend quality time with the kids, I (almost) always enjoy the time spent. Go figure why I can’t remember that every time I am tasked with my parenting duties.
As for the inability to deal with the kids, I would side with the guess that it is a technique to try and get you to deal with it instead of him :)
Such true words Lezhai. My husband was like that when the kids were younger, heck, he is still like that now that they are older. He pretends he doesn’t know how to fix them lunch, etc. But, the one who takes the prize for his lack of “know how” when it comes to his babies has to be my brother-in-law. He and my sister-in-law have two small children ages 1 and 2. She has to take them EVERYWHERE she goes day and night because he says he doesn’t know what to do if they cry!!! And my SIL takes them and lets him stay home and play games on the computer!!! UGH!!!
I made a deal with my hubby BEFORE we even thought of having a baby…I told him if he didn’t help with the raising of the child he didn’t’ get to take part in the “making” of the child…oh and this too…I told him after the birth…when he spent 17 hours pushing a bowling ball out of his nose we could call it even…hand him the baby Lezhai and go shopping…you earned it! :)