Tick Tock Daddy.
Written on February 2, 2006 by Kevin.
One of the many things that parents try to do with their children are getting them into schedules. This has worked great for us when it comes to bed time and Rylan falls asleep quickly. We tried to get into a bath schedule and hoped to give Rylan a bath each evening before bed but that has since folded and we simply give him a bath when necessary. Schedules can be a beautiful thing.
Now that Rylan is over 3 months old, you can certainly see changes in him and he is making his own schedules. Everyday my wife asks me around 3:00pm if I am going to be leaving work on time. The job that I have can sometimes keep me over quite a bit so this is a valid question. In the past, she wanted to know for her own sake but now with Rylan, they both want to know if I will be home on time.
My wife has noticed recently that Rylan seems to get extremely fussy when I am not home by 4:20pm each day. If I stop at the grocery store or am running late from work, he sits at home waiting for me. Waiting and crying while my wife tries to soothe him with no luck. Once I get home however, he is back to his peaceful self. Others may see this as something else, but to me, this shows intelligence in Rylan. The fact that he seems to know that I am running behind amazes me.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
4:20 eh ;)
Our little girl doesn't like it when one of us is missing for more than a couple of hours. This means I have to head home on my lunch hour each day to appease her highness. It's a good thing I don't live too far from work.
She also HATES Mondays no matter what.
Written by Rengirl on Feb 2, 2006 04:01 PM
Sometime after our first year we turned the "late parent dilemma" into a fun activity. Our couch sits by our front window. My daughter stands up on the couch, leaning against its back, and stares out the window. I sit there with her watching cars, people and dogs walk by. We wave to people who care to wave back. When she starts to lose interest I need only say in an excited voice, "Is that mama coming? I think I see mama!" and my daughter is glued to the window for another 10 minutes. My record wait for mama is about an hour, and that does get to be dull (for me), so we usually coordinate ahead of time to know approximately when the other parent will be home so the "game" only lasts about 15 minutes. We play every time a parent will be gone more than a couple hours.
Written by AJ on Feb 4, 2006 12:56 PM