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Adventures in Poop

Oh man oh man, the topic for today is poop.

Right from day one, what has come out of my little guy has surprised me.

The first couple days of their life, "black tar" fills up that diaper and if you do not have enough Vaseline applied on that little bum, it like trying to get gum out of hair.

After a couple of weeks it turns into a mixture of green yellow mash, then after about a month, the colour has found itself to be a awful shade of yellow that would not have been used in late 50's early 60's rugs, appliances and wallpaper.

The first month or so, they have no rhyme or reason to their constitutional. Often I would just closing up that diaper and he has it full again. I think the record so far was three diaper changes in a row!

Lately though the loads can not be contained within contents of the diaper. Often they make the journey up the back through the clothes and onto the sheets.

Once in mid diaper change, he though it was a great time to play catch with Daddy, and let me tell ya if this is a sign of how well his aim is he will be a great little slugger, as he threw that fast ball straight into my mitt before I even had a chance to realize what had happened (Yuck).

Its a poopey mess a lot of the time, but they seem to understand this as they laugh, giggle and be extra cute for you in times when you wonder what was this all for.

Wyatt says "I would jolly jump to Calgary if I could"

This post is for, but not only, Grandma Laura and Grandpa Pete.

Enjoy : )

For the Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, and everyone else

It goes without saying that I am one proud papa. I thought I would share some pictures of Wyatt from the day he was born to today.

Funny Approach

Just wanted to share a little tidbit of advice that I read here.



This article talks about using humor to discipline your children. A different way of trying to get your kids to follow the rules, listen and keeping your cool.



Not even a day ofter reading this I had the opportunity to use it.



Hailey has been battling some planters warts and last night she came to me to inform me she found some new ones on her middle toe.



The band aids have worked for us in the past, but this time we wanted to try the McIvor approach and use duct tape to get rid them.Two reasons, first hand knowledge from a relative that it worked for them and the planters warts are at the end of her toe where it was going to be hard to place anything there.


Well when I express this to Hailey she wanted nothing to do with it!



To give you an idea as to how our conversation was going to go.



"Hailey I think we should use the duct tape this time, as the warts are on the tip of your toe and it will be real hard to get a wart band aid to stick"



"No I do not want to use the Duct tape"



"But Hailey do you understand what I mean, it is hard to put a wart band aid at the tip of your toe"



"Yes I understand, but I want to use the band aid"



"Hailey I do not think it is a good idea"



"Can't we just try the band aid, it's my toe right?"



"Yes I understand it is your toe Hailey but the band aid is going to fall off because the wart is on the end of the toe"



"How do you know that it will fall off?"



"Because a band aid has never stayed on the tip of my toe"



"Maybe my toe is better than yours"



"I doubt that"



"I don't want to use duct tape"



"Okay well we just won't use anything then and let the wart grow and grow"



"Maybe if it gets a little bigger a band aid will stick to it"



"No Hailey that is not a good idea"



"But I do not want to use the the Duct tape"



And this would of gone on forever and ever only to end in either of us getting frustrated and angry.



So I took the humorous approach to try and diffuse this. I looked at her and said "If it will help I will wear a piece of duct tape on my leg, if you put on a small piece at the end of your toe."



To my surprise, she says "Okay". So here I am with a square piece of duct tape stuck to the many hairs of my leg, but the situation ended without frustration and anger.



So now this skill has been added to my utility belt and I will definitely be trying to use it more.

Didn't know what to say?

Had a friend ask me "Whats your life like now, you know with kids?" and to tell you the truth all I could say was that it's great. After saying it though I felt I should be able to express more the "just great". Shouldn't I? I read a blog a while back that listed things you need to be, to be a great father. One of them said " Realize that the wonderful memories you create with your children will always be with them forever, the material things won’t. "

That made so much sense to me and sticks with me all the time.

If you thought of growing up, what do you remember?

Is it the amount of toys you had piled up in your room, or do you remember sitting down and playing with those toys with Mom, Dad, Brother or Sister?

Do you remember every dollar you would get every year from your birthday or do you remember Mom or Dad taking you to the store and letting you pick out a toy you have been wanting?

Do you remember that you had a big or small house or rather that Mom and Dad tucked you in every night, even when you were a little older (to old to admit) but you could not get to bed with out it?

So here is what I want to add to my 'just great'.

Fatherhood is all about the memories.By no means am I giving up anything! I am just changing priorities to the priorities of my children, to give them the memories they deserve.

Nothing more rewarding then seeing your new born son smile when he sees your face, or your daughter score her first goal in ringette, or your son actually laugh for the first time, or listen to your daughter read to you for the first time or this or that. The rewards are endless!

I love my children and that is how I want them to remember me, and that is what life is like with kids!