It’s time for another monthly round-up about getting used to being a parent. This month, I talk about Skype, selfies and sledging…
1. Our son has been getting quite affectionate over the last month. He recently kissed the screen when saying goodbye to granny and grandad on Skype…
2. …and he’s also taken to grabbing people’s legs and saying ‘cuddles’.
3. Our son recently took his first ‘selfie’ (see below).
4. In order to try to improve the quality of his selfies, I’ve been giving our son a few tips…
5. ‘Monkey’ / ‘Mwnci’ has become one of the first animals that our son can say. I’m quite pleased he’s chosen one that sounds very similar in English and Welsh. He also does quite a good monkey impression.
6. Our son has been perfecting his ‘family fist pump’ technique in the last week. I was going to post a picture or video here, but the first rule of our family fist pump is that you don’t talk about our family fist pump.
7. Our son may no longer be a little baby, but we still have this balloon (see below) that one of his grannies bought for him when he was a day old.
8. For some time, it’s been almost impossible to try to eat an orange within the sight of our son without him coming over and insisting on having at least half. Now, he seems able to sniff oranges when they’re in our ‘going out’ bag..
9. Our son used to be quite scared by the hoover but now is quite excited by it. The line ‘let’s go downstairs, we’re going to do some hoovering’ has been used to coax him towards the living room recently.
10. My telling of dad jokes has resulted in a change to my official work address…
11. Toothbrushes and spoons generally don’t look alike to most people, but our son recently tried to use his toothbrush in order to eat porridge.
12. Our son’s recently been walking round the kitchen holding up a saucepan lid to his ear and saying ‘hello’. Perhaps it’s time to explain how phones work.
13. Our son’s enthusiasm for gardening has continued recently and we’ve thankfully managed to prevent him from trying to water the chickens again.
14. Having an 18 month old son means not staying up to watch the football highlights on Saturday night’s ‘Match of the Day’ but knowing I’ll wake in time for Sunday morning repeat.
15. I have been trying to get more exercise recently. Last weekend, I went out for a cycle and chased our son round two different soft play centres. I still feel that soft play centres often do a better job of tiring out children than parents.
16. Eating with chopsticks can be challenging for a toddler, but nowhere near as challenging as trying to drink a glass of water using chopsticks…
17. While I was writing this post, our son was walking round the living room with a pan from the kitchen. This has got me thinking: when is it OK to ask your kids to start cooking dinner at least once a week? 🙂
18. Our son had his first trip in a sledge this month. He was dragged around the living room in it by grandad and enjoyed it immensely.
19. When our son had a slight cold recently, we decided that he could still go to the play park but would have to dress up as a fisherman.
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andyliftsandmoves
Nov 10, 2014 @ 19:03:15
He sounds like a fun little guy. I do wonder what they pit in those balloons. We have the one my eldest was given when she was born and it’s still as inflated now as on day one – and she’s 5!
Jonathan
Nov 10, 2014 @ 21:28:46
I really do wonder as well, and I’d love to know what the world record is for how long one of those balloons has lasted.
adrianakroeller
Nov 11, 2014 @ 04:46:14
It sounds like you’re having a great time….it’s refreshing to get a dad’s point of view! I can understand the challenge of the chopsticks! Drinking with them is also quite a challenge for me 🙂
rcrown2
Nov 11, 2014 @ 04:49:21
You’re still getting plenty of thoughts for your posts I’d say. I was expecting to see one or two of these just a pun instead of an actual thought. 🙂
About the toothbrush/spoon….Maybe your son just wants to have a constantly clean mouth? Or he’s just trying to brush up on his eating habits! Yay, nay, okay?
Keep at it, sounds like you and your family is having a great time watching your boy grow!
Michelle Cannon
Nov 11, 2014 @ 23:13:51
Oh, it sounds you’re thoroughly enjoying your little man. That’s wonderful. Thanks for sharing this post at the #LaughLearnLinkup.
Ideas4Dads (and Mums Too!)
Nov 12, 2014 @ 12:43:41
Lovely moments captured 🙂
DannyUK (@DannyUK)
Nov 14, 2014 @ 11:06:19
You can’t ask someone so young to make dinner. That’s just daft! (They have to learn how to make tea first!) Thanks for linking up #FamilyFriday
Tom Briggs
Nov 15, 2014 @ 08:15:53
Sounds like you’ve had another great month of firsts with the little man. Nice to see that your prowess with puns is being recognised by your colleagues too!
Otilia
Nov 15, 2014 @ 17:55:00
so cute such nice memories.
thank you for linking up with the #pinitparty
Verily Victoria Vocalises
Nov 16, 2014 @ 15:56:33
The sheer brilliance of eating with your toothbrush! Multi-tasking at its best 🙂 The time is going so fast! Thank you for linking to PoCoLo 🙂
Tina @ Los Gringos Locos
Nov 17, 2014 @ 21:55:10
Thanks for sharing at our #laughlearnlinkup! We are featuring this week 🙂
Tina @ Los Gringos Locos
Nov 17, 2014 @ 21:56:07
Sorry bout that! I pressed enter too soon 😉 We are featuring YOU this week at our linkup! Thanks!
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