I have read this a few times now and every single time I laugh so hard I can’t read bits out to Darren anymore (who has also read it on my insistence).
It’s funny because it’s so true – especially the parts about the guilt, the Googling and the ??? time.
Wonder if there is some big thing I should be doing to help the baby’s development that I am not doing.
9:40 Sit on the floor and clap, hoping to teach baby to clap. Baby will not clap. Go online and Google, “How old babies start clapping?” and read article saying they start to do this more between 9 and 12 months. (Baby is 11 months old)
9:43 Spend the next few minutes going, “Well sh*t, maybe there’s something wrong with the baby. He should be clapping more.”
9:47 Remind myself that he seems really well-adjusted and happy so maybe he’s just a late clapper.
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Baby and I look at and point to the fan for a while, going, “Where’s the fan? There’s the fan.”