tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post6684202481953191195..comments2023-06-05T15:23:37.352+01:00Comments on Stay at home dad: HappySadStay at home dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-12266858278905287852008-05-21T11:33:00.000+01:002008-05-21T11:33:00.000+01:00you know I think kids CAN be totally happy - in a ...you know I think kids CAN be totally happy - in a pure, blissed out kinda way, without any of that underneath melancholy that adults can sometimes have. <BR/><BR/>and - your daughter - she has a totally devoted Dad. Good reason to be deeply happy. It's a gift she will treasure her entire life.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-7556054620795738362007-09-03T14:15:00.000+01:002007-09-03T14:15:00.000+01:00Thanks Jen. Yes, I think it is. I would certainly ...Thanks Jen. Yes, I think it is. I would certainly hope so; what else could you want for them?Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-6204307118720883582007-09-03T04:05:00.000+01:002007-09-03T04:05:00.000+01:00Isn't that what all parents want? For our childre...Isn't that what all parents want? For our children to be happy. Kids have the wonderful gift of finding joy in life, something us boring adults should try to emulate!<BR/>She sounds adorable.<BR/>jen-rantsraves.blogspot.comJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164420416881517854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-5919991878952982432007-08-28T10:34:00.000+01:002007-08-28T10:34:00.000+01:00Hello DJK. Weird - you read my mind!Hello DJK. Weird - you read my mind!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-60327663894127743692007-08-28T05:36:00.000+01:002007-08-28T05:36:00.000+01:00*ahem* next post please?*ahem* next post please?DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-80173773419426473062007-08-27T18:24:00.000+01:002007-08-27T18:24:00.000+01:00Hello Alasdair. No, I certainly don't mind! Very k...Hello Alasdair. No, I certainly don't mind! Very kind of you. Thanks I'll come over.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-39649807903947039312007-08-27T14:59:00.000+01:002007-08-27T14:59:00.000+01:00Hi Sahd,I hope you don't mind ... I'm not a regula...Hi Sahd,<BR/><BR/>I hope you don't mind ... I'm not a regular visitor, but when I got this "nice matters" award I thought of you ... it's yours if you want it, pop over to pick it up ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-8462826674566218182007-08-27T11:17:00.000+01:002007-08-27T11:17:00.000+01:00Hi Lilly. Thanks very much, as always! Well that i...Hi Lilly. Thanks very much, as always! Well that is the benefit of having one child I suppose. But there must be many benefits of having three... <BR/><BR/>Good point on the photos. I really meant the post-war years, but perhaps that was still true then.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-65372762826288061562007-08-27T02:24:00.000+01:002007-08-27T02:24:00.000+01:00Hi Sahd, what a wonderful post, as always... I am...Hi Sahd, what a wonderful post, as always... I am a little jelous, though. I have three toddlers who fight bedtime like crazy. My little girl especcially, won't lie there and sing a little song and then go to sleep! Bless, how wonderful that must be!!!<BR/>Oh, and one thing I heard, was that in the "olden days" taking a picture was a very serious thing. That's why not many people smiled - they weren't necessarily unhappy/glum, just serious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-77759922369500231112007-08-26T09:11:00.000+01:002007-08-26T09:11:00.000+01:00It does, it does. And I can see - you are smiling!...It does, it does. And I can see - you <I>are</I> smiling!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-19123708413552694172007-08-26T02:38:00.000+01:002007-08-26T02:38:00.000+01:00yes- I think that's right SAHD - I think there's a...yes- I think that's right SAHD - I think there's a great deal of consciously DECIDING to be happy in actually being happy. (if that makes sense)<BR/><BR/>And so I go - a permanent smile plastered to my face......<BR/><BR/>;)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-27691552735651058382007-08-24T23:44:00.000+01:002007-08-24T23:44:00.000+01:00I think I was too SEM!Yes CJ. I imagine forever.Th...I think I was too SEM!<BR/><BR/>Yes CJ. I imagine forever.<BR/><BR/>Thank you Dulwich Mum. I'm lucky indeed to have that and your nice comments too. <BR/><BR/>That sounds like a long story, Wakeup... These things are so much more interesting when viewed from a distance.<BR/><BR/>Hello Ekoakete and thank you. Oh yes, they have many ways...<BR/><BR/>I think you are right about children Rebecca. In fact I'm sure. <BR/><BR/>As for your point about happiness -if you can move that moment as much into the present as possible then that is probably pretty much the secret to life.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-91852604296920484642007-08-24T11:00:00.000+01:002007-08-24T11:00:00.000+01:00I think it's much easier to judge whether we were ...I think it's much easier to judge whether we were happy or not in hindsight, don't you? <BR/><BR/>I'm sure your daughter is happy, though. I think kids have a great, natural capacity for pure, true joy!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-91294898062355694032007-08-24T00:29:00.000+01:002007-08-24T00:29:00.000+01:00First time visiting here. Funny, just this evenin...First time visiting here. Funny, just this evening I was resisting my little daughter's new attempts to stay up past bedtime. Great post.Ekoaketehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09150452841077432306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-91411491948933101702007-08-22T17:25:00.000+01:002007-08-22T17:25:00.000+01:00My daughter loved that song too. We used to sing i...My daughter loved that song too. We used to sing it together all the time, back when she allowed me to sing. Family secrets! My dad has or had a half brother floating around in the universe somewhere. He's probably dead now. His mother died and his dad, my grandfather, gave the child up to his maternal grandparents when he married my grandmother. I wonder if he was a sad or happy boy.wakeupandsmellthecoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602735058278146250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-43417576430871297552007-08-20T21:33:00.000+01:002007-08-20T21:33:00.000+01:00How perfect is that picture you have painted? Jus...How perfect is that picture you have painted? Just beautiful.dulwichmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106294077068237863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-73606344849393732062007-08-20T20:23:00.000+01:002007-08-20T20:23:00.000+01:00Catching up. Children continue to make us smile.C...Catching up. Children continue to make us smile.<BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-4891909597291576432007-08-20T14:05:00.000+01:002007-08-20T14:05:00.000+01:00I was still sucking my thumb at 12!!! LOLI was still sucking my thumb at 12!!! LOLShe's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-7294650603434166502007-08-20T08:41:00.000+01:002007-08-20T08:41:00.000+01:00Hello Self emloyed mum and good of you to come. Th...Hello Self emloyed mum and good of you to come. Thank you, my theory is that as long as they are sucking their thumb there is something of the baby in them. When that stops they have largely grown up.Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-32265561527795740312007-08-18T16:32:00.000+01:002007-08-18T16:32:00.000+01:00This too is my first time visiting. Lovely post. ...This too is my first time visiting. Lovely post. Happiness to melt yout heart.<BR/><BR/>My daughter, age 7, is a fellow thumb sucker, she doesn't sing, she blethers, but she has the unmistakable sooking noice of thumb sucking just as she falls over -sweet.She's like the windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075810201419237816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-14264453060576277162007-08-17T09:33:00.000+01:002007-08-17T09:33:00.000+01:00Hi Sparx, yes it's one of the cuter things. Let me...Hi Sparx, yes it's one of the cuter things. Let me tell about some more ...!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Snuffy, good point I guess!Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-82359647348657428612007-08-16T23:56:00.000+01:002007-08-16T23:56:00.000+01:00How lovely. Remember she wouldn't be happy, if it ...How lovely. Remember she wouldn't be happy, if it weren't for you.Miss Snuffleupagushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107304044851607450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-4088218679348166232007-08-16T23:52:00.000+01:002007-08-16T23:52:00.000+01:00Hi SAHD - I love it that she sings herself to slee...Hi SAHD - I love it that she sings herself to sleep, so sweet. She must be a very happy child indeed!Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-40203377320977903232007-08-16T22:05:00.000+01:002007-08-16T22:05:00.000+01:00It always amazes me that no parent has ever change...It always amazes me that no parent has ever changed a toy battery M@L. It runs out, it stops working or we buy a new one!<BR/><BR/>I'm so flattered that you say those things. Thank you hardly covers it ...Stay at home dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943310521217164291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309801433272440943.post-53004511911893130892007-08-16T21:16:00.000+01:002007-08-16T21:16:00.000+01:00My daughter loves that song too. In fact we've jus...My daughter loves that song too. In fact we've just been back to M&S to buy a replacement musical book of the song after she wore out the battery on the first one. <BR/>For me, happiness is being in the moment, and it sounds as if your daughter is able to do that. And it also sounds as if you can do that too when you're spending time with her.<BR/>Beautiful, poignant posting - thank you so much for this. Reading your site helps me appreciate the ordinary events of looking after my own daughter so much more.Motheratlargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966796093998468770noreply@blogger.com