If you Google childcare advice you'll likely find advice from such sources as Parents.com, Newbaby.com, and for the southerner who needs help, youngins.net.
Why seek advice you ask? What do you need guidance on? Is that a full bag of Doritos on your desk? All valid questions.
You see, our daughter has it in her that whatever we say, some how SOME way, we're screwing her over. Here's a perfect example. We're going somewhere together. I get ready first,....shoes......car keys...and I try to get her in the car so we can wait for her mother. No way. She would make an excellent infantryman in that she will leave "no man behind".
"Mum-mum too!" is the cry I hear and no matter what I say, that's what I get. So it normally goes like this.
"Let's go baby, Daddy will put your shoes on".
"Mum-mum too".
"Yes baby, Mummy is going too, let's go downstairs and wait for her".
"MUM-MUM TOO!!". At this point, the panic (for whatever reason) starts to set in.
"Of course baby, Mum-mum is coming. She just has to find her shoes".
"MUM-MUM TOOOO!! MUM-MUM TOOO!!!"
"Baby, come on. Mum-mum will meet us downstairs".
"NOooooooooo!!! Mum-Mum TOOOOOO!!!!".
At this point, I abandon Supernanny, Dr. Phil, and any "supposed" expert and rely on the only expert that matters. Bugs Bunny.
"Baby, would you like Mum-mum to come too?".
"Okay!(sniff sniff...sob)". Problem solved.
For you see, you can read all the books, watch all the TV shows, and consult your "expert" freinds, nothing will cure THIS particular situation better than the old "Duck Season Wabbit Season" line of reasoning.
And they say you can't learn anything from cartoons....BAH!
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