Blind-sided By a Social Worker
Posted by dewde in Parenting on 14. Sep, 2008 | 14 Comments
Have you ever seen a young 2-3 year old child go ballistic in a public place? I’m talking about a complete Chernobyl-quality meltdown?
I remember witnessing this once when, in lieu of Sydney’s regularly scheduled nap, we were out shopping as a family. I hope you didn’t miss that tricky bit of foreshadowing. While we circled [...]
My Wife Gave Birth to an Uncarved Block
Posted by dewde in Christianity, Marriage, Parenting on 16. Aug, 2008 | 2 Comments
This is something I wrote a year ago, shortly after Savannah was born. I didn’t really have a blog then so I am reposting it here.
August 10th, 2007
I am now a father. Again. Our newborn daughter is 3 weeks old today.
My wife and I were driving the other day and she made the comment, “Our [...]
Keeping Your Privates, Private
Posted by dewde in Parenting on 12. Aug, 2008 | 4 Comments
A few weeks ago we were having discipline problems with Sydney, who is 3 years old. They popped up out of nowhere. Sydney is an extraordinarily well behaved child. She has her moments to be sure, but by and large she is pretty spectacular.
So we were a little surprised when we showed up to daycare [...]
Waking Up to a Song and Dance
Posted by dewde in Parenting on 11. Aug, 2008 | 6 Comments
Dear Sydney and Savannah:
You probably already know this, but your mother is a rock star.
Sydney, every morning when you wake up and walk bleary eyed and half conscious into our bathroom, where we are getting ready for work, your mother drops whatever she is doing and goes abso-frickin-lutely bananas. “SYDNEY’S AWAKE!” she screams and tramples [...]
