Game Day Dad

Seriously when people tell me this all the time I get the same feeling when someone tells me they finished a case of beer in 2 hours.   It sounds like an urban myth people use to scare you.   I’m here to tell you that for some reason small children love the car rides.   In fact my daughter just liked being carried around in the car seat.   It’s got to be along the same lines as riding a carnival ride but children infants like it.   So if you have a night where a bad turn of events lead to a baby that won’t sleep and you’re running out of options give it a shot.   Strap’em in and drive around the block a few times.   You might just get to sleep that night.

The above paragraph I wrote after about 2 months.   Here we are 6 months later and it’s as true as ever.   In fact my infant can be in a horrible mood and we start driving someplace and there’s a sudden silence.   I have no idea why or how but she falls out.   I’ll drive back to the house and carefully bring the baby carrier inside.   It’s amazing how babies work.

My baby like many loves to fall asleep in the car.  I haven’t looked it up yet but for some reason I’ve always heard that and it’s definitely true for mine.   Go driving and she falls asleep.  That’s not what I do when mom’s not looking.   What I do is carefully bring the car seat in the house, set it on the floor in her room and then let her take a nap there.   Otherwise the little sh*t wakes up and wants to play when she needs a nap!

Real quick thoughts on car seats.   When you go to purchase a new car seat for your baby I suggest you consider the weight.   For instance we purchased a full size seat instead of the smaller newborn seat.   My wife really wished we’d gotten the smaller seat to make carrying the girl around better.