tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post2732733775714545342..comments2023-06-05T15:23:37.352+01:00Comments on Stay at home dad: Friday's ChildStay at home dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-63641198706745770912007-06-28T10:39:00.000+01:002007-06-28T10:39:00.000+01:00Perhaps they love them equally Gwen, but also love...Perhaps they love them equally Gwen, but also love different things about them...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-59298495690802581622007-06-28T10:02:00.000+01:002007-06-28T10:02:00.000+01:00I think that all children love both parents equall...I think that all children love both parents equally but they don't always show it.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695613095959659034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-85798044898479596572007-06-27T16:33:00.000+01:002007-06-27T16:33:00.000+01:00Thank you SM. I like your point about the preferen...Thank you SM. I like your point about the preference being fairly random, but I'm not wholly convinced!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-24416027541053800322007-06-27T11:09:00.000+01:002007-06-27T11:09:00.000+01:00Great post. Great Daddy moments. Both my two have ...Great post. Great Daddy moments. Both my two have done that thing of preferring one to the other for brief periods; as adults, it's embarassing when you're preferred, mortifying when you're not. I think it's entirely natural for them, though, and just based on what they're feeling that particular second. Loved the snot moment. I love the night garden too, it's addictively surreal.Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-40180232562481127692007-06-25T23:01:00.000+01:002007-06-25T23:01:00.000+01:00Yes Kaycie, a good point: you'll always be able to...Yes Kaycie, a good point: you'll always be able to watch them sleep. Within reason anyway!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-34848353143735462432007-06-25T22:38:00.000+01:002007-06-25T22:38:00.000+01:00I had flashes of my own little girl with damp blon...I had flashes of my own little girl with damp blonde hair and her face in her Daddy's shoulder as I read this.<BR/><BR/>My daughter doesn't let me bathe her anymore but I can still watch her sleep. You never do get over that pretty picture. Even when they're 16.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05655321325607087357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-50591427193901619472007-06-25T22:10:00.000+01:002007-06-25T22:10:00.000+01:00Thank you Elsie. I would think no more or less tha...Thank you Elsie. I would think no more or less than most households... but we all have our moments!<BR/><BR/>Are you really, Working Mum? And I thought it was just me!<BR/><BR/>Nice that there is none of that at yours Carrie; although it is so transparent I'm not sure it ever works as planned...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-24084713274848844902007-06-25T21:59:00.000+01:002007-06-25T21:59:00.000+01:00Interesting Marianne. Yes au pairs are different t...Interesting Marianne. Yes au pairs are different to nannies in that sense I suppose. I always find the nanny/au pair dialectic difficult to understand.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-54778132065923641352007-06-25T21:20:00.000+01:002007-06-25T21:20:00.000+01:00I think that practice is universal.Mine have yet t...I think that practice is universal.<BR/><BR/>Mine have yet to catch on, though.<BR/><BR/>Carriecarriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038972194323564240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-6367325967863463322007-06-25T21:14:00.000+01:002007-06-25T21:14:00.000+01:00Omigoodness, I am always playing that trick! Wonde...Omigoodness, I am always playing that trick! Wonder when my kids will start noticing that I never come back with the milk! ;-)Working Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101293092397522831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-43427264918936963872007-06-25T19:01:00.000+01:002007-06-25T19:01:00.000+01:00your household sounds like it's jam packed with lo...your household sounds like it's jam packed with love and fun. your post made me feel all warm and cosy on a crap/cold day.Elsie Buttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768998561385293241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-16530066618139824642007-06-25T18:19:00.000+01:002007-06-25T18:19:00.000+01:00That sounds very complex, DL. "I'll be stuck with ...That sounds very complex, DL. "I'll be stuck with you" is not really apt reward soehow is it?!<BR/><BR/>You don't often hear about favourites, no, but I'm guessing a lot of parents have them...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-40581293200928354632007-06-25T17:24:00.000+01:002007-06-25T17:24:00.000+01:00When I was 19, I worked as an au pair. I had sole...When I was 19, I worked as an au pair. I had sole responsibility for a 3 year old and a new baby. Quite a responsibility there. Of course there was tension with the parents as to who was the preferred carer. Children will always play the love card, but the winners will always be ... both parents. Au pairs go back to their own countries and are quickly forgotten.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-58541434053076621612007-06-25T16:20:00.000+01:002007-06-25T16:20:00.000+01:00Oh yes, the vagaries of who prefers who. You're l...Oh yes, the vagaries of who prefers who. You're lucky it's just back and forth between the two of you, in our house there's always relationship interplay going on - between siblings as well as parents. <BR/><BR/>At the moment the baby girl is stuck to me like a limpet, while big boy was inconsolable when D went off sea fishing the other night. Convinced he was going to drown "and I'll be stuck with you" coughed out through tears.<BR/><BR/>Middle son of course is ambivalent to both of us. He can take us or leave us.<BR/><BR/>And of course he is our favourite (at the moment, changes like the TV channel; CBBC...CITV... Cbeebies). Aggh admitting favourites, that really must be up there on the seven deadly parenting sins.DevonLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771725641771199612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-72597029991457610302007-06-25T00:58:00.000+01:002007-06-25T00:58:00.000+01:00Thank you, your ladyship. Nice of you to drop by w...Thank you, your ladyship. Nice of you to drop by with your mug of cocoa...<BR/><BR/>Thanks OM, I take my candles where I can get them.<BR/><BR/>DM, that's very generous of you to say. I'm very lucky in many ways.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-80540007424460825032007-06-24T23:20:00.000+01:002007-06-24T23:20:00.000+01:00What a lovely family you have, a happy daughter an...What a lovely family you have, a happy daughter and a lovely daddy. As DJ Kirkby says, your love for your wife and daughter shines through.dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-1320753319039470412007-06-24T22:56:00.000+01:002007-06-24T22:56:00.000+01:00Pace your comment on Mother at Large, I have come ...Pace your comment on Mother at Large, I have come to light my candle and worship.......Just bask. Go on.......Omega Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06510548355469861782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-77994715955263558192007-06-24T20:39:00.000+01:002007-06-24T20:39:00.000+01:00a lovely bedtime story.a lovely bedtime story.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-10538333804552882612007-06-24T17:17:00.000+01:002007-06-24T17:17:00.000+01:00It's tricky isn't it, M@L. There are two people in...It's tricky isn't it, M@L. There are two people in your life with different characteristics and you have to work out how to get the most out of them. It's difficult enough when there is just one partner!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-32939586620498645862007-06-24T12:31:00.000+01:002007-06-24T12:31:00.000+01:00Writing this as daughter and husband at Neros toge...Writing this as daughter and husband at Neros together for their father/daughter bonding time. Fraid to say daughter, only 14 months, already showing signs of what you describe, SAHD. She pushes away whichever parent's out of favour, and buries her head deeper into the favoured one's shoulder. I do find it hurtful when I'm the rejected one. Sounds like you approach these things in a sensitive way.Motheratlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08702824820715807897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-83975150924753331122007-06-24T10:50:00.000+01:002007-06-24T10:50:00.000+01:00CJ, it's one of the things children don't like isn...CJ, it's one of the things children don't like isn't it. Blowing their noses, having their hair brushed, eating square meals...<BR/><BR/>That's interesting Bel. I suppose it's inevitable. Yes, they at Starbucks now!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-62832564025931476392007-06-23T17:46:00.000+01:002007-06-23T17:46:00.000+01:00How I do recognize the preferring the sahd-part......How I do recognize the preferring the sahd-part... It breaks my heart a little every time. Yet my heart heals every night, when I, and I alone, may read the babe a bed time story. <BR/>Does your wife have a thing only she takes care of? <BR/><BR/>BelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-65986786860566267792007-06-23T15:46:00.000+01:002007-06-23T15:46:00.000+01:00Why do kids do that? No matter how many times I t...Why do kids do that? No matter how many times I tell Amy to get a tissue she insists of the spray first. <BR/>I always find bedtime such a precious time. I just love it when the house is quiet again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-92117231231660846202007-06-23T10:42:00.000+01:002007-06-23T10:42:00.000+01:00Thank you DJK - I'll have to tell my wife! Funnily...Thank you DJK - I'll have to tell my wife! Funnily enough I was just leaving a comment over at yours...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-59591342591173543052007-06-23T09:49:00.000+01:002007-06-23T09:49:00.000+01:00Wow this is beautifuly written. your love for you...Wow this is beautifuly written. your love for your wife and daughter shines through every word.DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.com