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saint:
So there was the time we were out at a Mexican restaurant with my first child, age 1 year maybe? Wife and I are eating across from each other, baby is in a high-chair at the end of the table next to both of us. We're feeding her bits of soft tortilla while we eat.

Suddenly she gets this horrible look on her face, and I just know she's going to barf.

What's a dad to do? You don't want your child making a mess on herself or the table, right?

So instinctively I stuck my cupped hand under her mouth, and sure enough she barfs up. Into my hand. Which I put there. I don't know why.

And so here I am.

In a restaurant.

Holding a handful of warm gooey barf.

Bits of tortilla floating around like some bizarro soup.

Um....

Now what do I do?

........................

Good times!

ChadTower:
There are a lot of parents who would just view that as a terrible night where they didn't get any sleep, their shirt got ruined, and the kid was a pain in the ass again.

Any present parent has been through exactly that story.  Most have a few times.  I find that it's not nearly as bad as it sounds because I don't give a crap about the rug, the shirt, or the sleep.  The only thing that matters is making sure the child is taken care of and put back in the right direction.  Once that is done, you can go clean up all of the irrelevant items and go back to check on the hopefully sleeping kid.  Your concern as a father is so strongly for the plight of the child that nothing else matters.  Too many people aren't capable of that.

I remember the period having a wife in bed with a fractured pelvis/neck, taking full care of her (she couldn't do anything for a while), a 3 year old with dozens of wide and deep lacerations that needed to be cleaned up 3-4 times/day to prevent infection and minimize scarring, and a 6 month old baby (that wasn't involved in the accident).  Sleeping on the floor because we didn't have a couch yet and my wife had to be alone in the bed, getting zero sleep/food and basically spending every waking minute of 23 hours daily taking care of the three of them.  It never bothered me one bit because every time I started to get down I'd consider that the only alternative would be having lost two of them.  And that alternative was unthinkable no matter what I myself had been through in the process.

Donkey_Kong:
Saint-

What is with all the BARF stories? You are probably freaking Sherdian out man!!



 ;D



Note: OTOH you may experience these types of things Sherdian...Now don't say we didn't warn you.

Kaytrim:
Naw DK he is just making the rest of is mimic his kids. :laugh2:

shardian:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 23, 2007, 12:51:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on January 23, 2007, 12:44:25 pm ---So, in a way it sucks to lose friends and family, but the return of knowing who you can count on when the chips are down I think will pay off in the long run.

--- End quote ---


During emergencies I've also run into a third category... people who care but cannot be counted on to do anything and/or actually make things worse when they try.

--- End quote ---

I just toss those in with those who don't care. If you care, you can always find a way to be of use.

Oh and saint, thanks for the barf stories. Good stuff. I'm kinda hungry now. Is that a coincidence, or does that make me weird? :laugh2:

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