Yelling
I'm ashamed to say that I yelled at my sweet little boy yesterday. There may even have been some cursing involved.
We were in a rush, trying to get out the door. The Missus and I were off to work, the twins to daycare. I was trying to get Adam into his carseat, a task which has recently become more difficult since the boy doesn't want to sit back. He wants to lean forward and see what's going on. The problem with him leaning forward is: bloop! He spit up all over himself.
Crap! I'm already late, and now I have to change him. So I am grumbling and groaning as I clean him up, wipe out the carseat and get a new onesie on him. So I get him all fixed up and put him back into the carseat again.
Bloop! He spit up again!
That's when the yelling and cursing happened. The Missus came in and I asked her to take over when I went upstairs to get some clean clothes for him. I already started feeling bad. When I came back down, I kissed him and apologized, and he smiled at me.
I felt bad all day about it; he still seemed happy to see me when I came home. What a great little kid. What a terrible father.

6 Comments:
You are NOT a terrible father. You are a HUMAN father.....and from what I have seen a pretty darn good father.
Don't be so hard on yourself, Adam has already forgotten all about the whole thing. :)
If I had a nickel for everytime I've yelled at the boy, his college would be paid for already. And Aidan's only 3! :)
Parenthood..... who knew?!
Just take it easy..Adam is only a baby. Wait until he tells you that he put a dent in the car....
Thanks for the nice words, you guys. I still feel bad.
But it'll probably happen again sometime. The poor little guy can't help throwing up over everything. The punk.
He's just like his OLD MAN. Can't keep his liquids down...
Bwah!!!
Chris-
Try rocking the carseat back,so that
Adam is flat on his back with his feet up in the air.....can't lean forward then. Just a thought.
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