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Daddies In Training

Tonight we babysat for one of our friends. It was a good time, the baby is five months old. You can see Rodney giving her some love in the photo above.

She’s kind of become our practice baby. She’s right across the street, so we get to spend time with her, and I’ve been learning all kinds of things about babies - from feeding, to changing diapers, to calming them down when they cry.

I have to give myself a pat on the back, I think I’m going to be a better father than I thought I’d be. And I already know Rodney will be. He’s great with kids and has a lot of experience with them.

One quality I’ve learned about myself is that I remain perfectly calm when a baby is crying. This is something I call the Magical Parent Power, because some people can’t handle a crying baby at all. That shrill glass breaking sound of a crying child didn’t seem to phase me a bit.

I’m still not quite sure about this diaper business. Babies sure like to squirm when they’re changed. I have a feeling I’m going to get a lot of poop and pee on me when I’m a parent.

As my 27th birthday draws nearer, I’m often reminded of my plans to be a father by 29. We would need to start working out the details when I’m 28, so that pretty much leaves me with 1 more year of my life not being a father. After that, it’s a lifetime commitment.

I wish we knew some lesbian couples. It would perfect if we knew a couple that we could perhaps work out some type of arrangement with. They could help us and we could help them. Maybe they could get pregnant at the same time, and one baby would be theirs while another was ours. A fair deal, right? Everybody wins and both couples have a baby.

But lesbians don’t like us.

One friend has subtly said she’d be open to carrying my child for us, but my gut instinct is that it would be a bad idea. But it was extremely generous for her to even consider it.

We have pretty much settled on adoption, but every now and then, I do wish I could have a biological baby. Anyone out there want to be my baby momma?

Tue, Sep 2, 2008 @ 11:53 pm | Filed in Family | Permalink

5 Comments

Beautiful picture!! One tip if you have a boy—have a cloth ready to immediately cover his penis when you start to remove a diaper, or else you will get a lovely spray of baby pee right in the face!

From everything you have shared about youself, and Rodney, I think you will be wonderful dads. Be careful, though, with the sibling rivalry issue with Petey!

And why don’t lesbians like you?

I wish I could be a babymama for you, but you know I can’t. I could be a devoted Aunt, if you want to visit Chicago!

Best wishes for parenthood!!

Posted by irisgirl on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 12:05 pm

Ahh, so very sweet. Be careful with that whole “will you have a baby for me” thing. I’ve seen it head south quite quickly. Just be careful.

Posted by Lewis on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 2:33 pm

If you would like, I can send you some links to some agencies we like for adoption, and also share some of what I’ve learned in researching the process.

Posted by Scott C on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 8:49 pm

Great site layout.
Nice content.
Just wait till you have 9 kids like us!
Best to you!
Scott Hammond
FO-9

Posted by scott hammond on Wed, Sep 3, 2008 @ 9:12 pm

Awww. What a cute picture.

I actually have a similar plan. I want to have my first child before I turn 30.
I’ll soon turn 26 and I can hear the clock ticking.

I’m single, (and I’m not going to jump in bed with someone random and hope to get pregnant.)
So I have to get to know somebody, fall in love, move in together, make sure it feels right, and then get pregnant and have a baby.
4 years is not such a long time.

So I would place my bet on you.

Posted by Sarah on Sat, Sep 6, 2008 @ 4:17 pm