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Who am I to judge, but it's paternity leave for a reason - and not so your "stupid newborn" can get in the way of learning a new hobby. EDIT it was a lot less
by aidos 9y ago
Who am I to judge, but it's paternity leave for a reason - and not so your "stupid newborn" can get in the way of learning a new hobby.
EDIT it was a lot less like a joke originally. Apologies for the offense caused by missing that.
- kelukelugames 9y agoI'm making a joke. :) Thanks for the feedback. I made the list more outrageous so it's more obvious. A lot of male comedians transition to family jokes after having children. This could be the catalyst for my stand up career!
- strictnein 9y agoFrom personal experience, you will soon transition to making dad jokes. I do it daily. I'm hilarious (to no one but myself).
- IncRnd 9y ago> A lot of male comedians transition to family jokes after having children. "dadmedians" Your kids will love hearing that about their dad, until they are older anyway and start to roll their eyes :)
- kelukelugames 9y agoHaha I mean professional comedians. Also, I took pictures of baby peeing on himself to show to his future dates. Can't wait!
- IncRnd 9y agoEven if you lose the pictures, DAD can still tell the story. It has the same effect ;)
- dvtv75 9y agoBefore you do that, remember that they choose your retirement home. My father deliberately didn't take those sort of photos for exactly this reason: he knew my mother would use them to humiliate my brother and I as we got older.
- aidos 9y agoAh, well it does now look a lot more like a joke :-) I have bad news for you. Getting a newborn to sleep is child's play. Try getting two 5ish year olds off to school in the morning. It's basically impossible!
- duderific 9y agoEvery morning, our 3-year-old wakes up and says, "I don't want to go to school!" Then when mom goes to pick him up from school, she can't get him to leave. Good times.
- chrisbennet 9y agoThat sounds pretty judge-y. ;-) I imagine that faced with your first newborn, one might logically assume that there would be periods where the child slept leaving some time for other activities. In reality, the only "hobby" the new parent will want to engage under those conditions is getting some sleep.
- aidos 9y agoIn my experience newborns sleep a lot. For a breastfeeding mother it's pretty exhausting and requires a lot more sleep. And the nights can be pretty broken, not as broken as they will be over the next few years in general though!