16 thoughts from my 16th month as a parent

July 29, 2014

Here are some highlights from my last month of parenthood, which include thoughts on sport, camping and reading…

1. Our son seems to like trying to put all sorts of different things into his bath at the moment. I recently heard my wife saying to him “no, you cannot put my shoes in the bath”.

2. Our son wasn’t very interested in the recent football World Cup, but it was an excuse to get in some more training so as he’s ready to play in the 2034 tournament.

3. I had a proud dad moment last week. I did a monkey impression and our son tried to copy.

4. ‘Mum, why’s there a cloud in the sink?’

5. Clothes pegs in the watering can are a clear sign that our son has been ‘helping out in the garden’.

6. He’s a bit better at helping out in the kitchen and has already got quite attached to our dustpan and brush…

7. …and he’s also tried to re-arrange granny and granddad’s spice rack .

8. Our son really likes trips to the beach, but he’s not quite learned the lesson that you’re not supposed to try to eat sand yet.

9. I think that our son may be trying to drop a few hints that he thinks it’s time to go on holiday…

10. I had an anecdote about a boomerang that I was going to share in this blog post but I can’t remember it. Maybe it will come back to me.

11. On a recent camping trip, our son decided that jumping in puddles was nowhere near as much fun as sitting in puddles.

12. Our son recently tried to feed some wool to a neigbour’s cat. The cat’s fine although I think it might have mittens soon.

13. At the age of fifteen months, our son has decided that it’s time to make the step up from picture books to proper novels.

14. When we were about to go out for a walk recently, our son walked up to me with both my shoes. I wonder how long this junior butler service will last 🙂

15. Our son’s got some great clothes, but I’m not sure if any of them quite match this hand-knitted outfit that I wore back in the very early 1980s.

16. If coming up with more and more thoughts about parenting each month gets a bit challenging, maybe I could try throwing in a few dad jokes from time to time and see if anyone notices.

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fathersworkandfamily
Jul 29, 2014 @ 22:49:04

Time flies, my friend. It really seems like you are doing a great job of soaking it all in and being present.

Jonathan
Jul 30, 2014 @ 21:01:08

Thanks, Scott. I really can’t believe how quickly time’s been flying by!

rcrown2
Jul 30, 2014 @ 03:29:06

Monkey impressions, preparing for the 2034 World Cup, clouds in the sink, sitting in mud, and reading novels? I’d say your son is already quite well-rounded in his young age!

And yes, you definitely should interject a few dad jokes/puns in your thoughts. I think that’s a great ideas as the numbers keep increasing. I’ve heard the boomerang one before and I still laughed, but the cat having mittens cracked me up!

Keep on enjoying your time as you obviously are, Jonathan, I enjoy reading these!

Jonathan
Jul 30, 2014 @ 21:00:40

Thanks for your support, and especially your encouragement on the dad jokes front! 🙂

I’m not sure how long to keep going with these posts as they’re getting a bit harder to write as the months go by and I have to come up with more little things to mention. I might change the focus to something along the lines of ‘what Iearned about parenting this month’ in the near future.

Harty Ervine
Jul 30, 2014 @ 09:05:56

Tremendous – time flies so quickly – he is a canny bairn!
Harty

Jonathan
Jul 30, 2014 @ 20:58:54

So true, can’t believe how quick time’s going.

Deirdre Smith
Jul 30, 2014 @ 11:21:31

I love that he is such a helper. It is good to know where the clothes pegs are!

Jonathan
Jul 30, 2014 @ 20:57:28

I hope the helping out continues! 🙂

The DADventurer
Aug 01, 2014 @ 13:37:36

Some great points and nice to look back at the progress he’s making – sounds like your son is already on the way to becoming a footballer who does monkey impressions aka the new Gareth Bale! 🙂

Victoria Welton
Aug 02, 2014 @ 23:53:58

He is definitely at that ‘into everything’ age! I love the cloud in the sink 🙂 Thank you for linking to PoCoLo 🙂

Tom Briggs
Aug 03, 2014 @ 08:48:36

He looks comfortable on the ball – he obviously has a good coach in the family! Good luck with the passport application process. Learn from my mistakes and pay extra to get the photo done in a shop. Using the machine with two under fours was a living hell!

Emma @ P is for Preschooler
Aug 04, 2014 @ 10:41:15