Word. Things will change, obviously, as your kid gets older but at every age, spend time listening to your partner and your kid and yourself to see what y'all need. 3 month olds are surprisingly expressive if you take the time to focus in and listen to them.
Wednesday was my daughter's 3rd birthday, so I took the day off of work to just hang out. We went by a toy store and told her that she could pick out one new toy (within limits) for her birthday. She chose a play tea set, so when we got home, I spent an hour having a tea party with her and her stuffed dog, Fred. I taught her how to drink with her pinky finger extended. She thought it was hilarious. Most weeks, we try and set up date nights. My wife stays home with our daughter, so we try and arrange a girls night out most Wednesday's after I get home from work. My wife gets adult time and then my daughter and I get our date night. Sometimes we'll hang out at home and watch a movie or something, sometimes we'll head to the pub or whatever. And then every week or so, my daughter will have a date night with our best friend Jocie while my wife and I go out and shoot a couple games of pool or go play skeeball and have a cocktail. I know it is hard to feel like you are on top of the parenting thing. You want, so much, to give this little person everything possible in the world and you are always going to come up short of that ideal in some way or another. The key is to learn to relax and accept that fact while still keeping the goal. Relax, enjoy yourself and the time you have. Do the best you can and when you get frustrated that it isn't exactly how you'd like, take a deep breathe and remind yourself how good what you have is. Cheers, Judah On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Michael Grant <mgr...@modus.bz> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote some stuff: > > +1 gagillion. > > That's fantastic advice E with a K. My wife and I have date night this > Saturday. I got her a day at the spa for her recent birthday, so she'll > spend the day getting pampered then I pick her up and we go for dinner with > her looking like a million bucks. It's a win win. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
