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Little Miss had a play date today with one of her little toddler friends, and it almost ended in tears. We have all heard the horror stories, the toddler that lashes out, punches, pinches, bites and scratches, well Little Miss’ best friend is one of those.
To be honest she is pretty good around Little Miss [...]
I went to pick up my daughter after child care today only to notice that she seemed to be slimmer than when I dropped her off. At first I was little concerned because it wasn’t instantly obvious to me in what way she had changed. It was the same feeling of unease, I get when [...]
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Well Sunday was Fathers day, or as I like to call it Sunday. I wasn’t expecting much, and I wasn’t disappointed. My wife tried to explain the new concept of Fathers Day to Little Miss and made sure that there was a lovely card (the Wiggles make Fathers Day cards now by the way). Also [...]
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Does your toddler ever look at you with eyes that say ‘I trust you implicitly, love you unconditionally and worship you as if you were a God (or at least Postman Pat) - why do you hurt me so?’ If so then you know the look a toddler will give you when you drop them [...]
Read Daddy, why hast thou foresaken me? »Does your toddler ever look at you with eyes that say ‘I trust you implicitly, love you unconditionally and worship you as if you were a God (or at least Postman Pat) - why do you hurt me so?’
If so then you know the look a toddler will give you when you drop them off at childcare for the day. The bottom lip quivers, a little cry of ‘daddy cuddle me’ and the pained whimper when you have to turn your back on them and walk away. You know you are doing the right thing, you know that they have a great time without you, but still you have to compose yourself in the car and fight the urge to turn around run back and scoop them up never to let them go again.
At least I do.
Then at the end of the day when you go to pick them up and once again you are the greatest thing ever to walk there Earth because you came back as it should be, because as Little Miss states whenever I come to pick her up ‘Daddy always comes back’
