Aug 22 2008
A blog that has no relation, but I just want to talk about being a dad.
My wife and I had our first child, last October 2007; our lives have never been the same. We were used to going to bed whenever we wanted, going to the movies whenever we wanted, doing extracurricular activities whenever we wanted, now this eighteen-pound little toddler runs our time schedule. Raising children is no easy task; my wife and I are very sleep deprived with our ten month old; when we want to sleep she wants to play. Our finances are in a bind because of all the added expenses with having and raising children: formula, diapers, toys, and equipment such as car seats, high chairs and walkers. Plus there is a big strain on our marriage while we’re raising our child. Fights about money are a big thing, we fight when we are sleep deprived; we fight at least once a week.
Decision making of development is a key argument while raising children. With what is important of developing your child’s personality, you have to cherry pick carefully what you expose your child too. I feel (and some studies have shown) that if you interact with your child constantly the child will learn more from you rather if you just plop your child in front of a television. Yes BABY EINSTEIN is a wonderful video program to help baby’s learn about movement, color and even music, but after the half-hour video is over, parents should play with their children for a least an hour. I know parents have a lot to do but a child learns the most from his or her parents. That’s just life, a video is not going to teach them manners, or how to laugh. I know my wife and are a novice at raising children, but we know that just sitting down and playing ball with her is more important then any library program or live in nanny could teach your children.
