Game Day Dad

This subject is a lot of fun for me and I think a lot of you dads won’t need any advice on this front but it’s still fun to blog about given recent developments with our baby starting to babble out syllables, vowels and “da da” “ba ba” sounds.    We’ve got our baby on the “Your Baby Can Read” videos among other things and we’ve learned a lot on that front about what our interactions should be.   Do not be afraid to make a fool out of yourself and talk about nonsense to your baby at home or in public.   When they start babbling you need to talk back to them and encourage them to make those sounds so they’ll remember them and continue to develop.   The first few years are by far the most important for people to develop.  The video below shows our little one talking to me during feeding time and I talk back to her asking questions and being interactive in general.   I wish I had a better one at the time of thinking up this blog but this will do just fine.   She’s so cute!

This cute little thing harmlessly shows the point that you really have to become self aware around your new infant about what you do.   Our cute little tootie bug is so much fun to feed.   When she first started eating we’d give her bites and make an mmmmm sound just trying to be cute and keep her attention.   Well now she does it all the time.  Probably not so cute would be my uncle who’d say “God Damn It” when something got on his nerves.    He did it almost subconsciously and when my cousin was around two they had to deal with a child who’d scream “No God Damn It” in repetition every time he didn’t want to do something.   I hear it was particularly bad when he decided he didn’t like Santa Claus.   

Point being dad it’s time to do a reality check and clean up your speech.   Get rid of verbal pauses like “you know” and try to pronounce better.   I’m doing it right now when watching my videos realizing I have to stop mumbling and slurring words together with that really bad Southern drawl I have.    Only a matter of time before those mmmmmmmm sounds turn in to words!