You might be reading that as “Two and a half men”. That show must of screw me over. My son is 2 and half and I will forever relate to the show that was around a few years ago. Me and my brother liked it a lot. Now seeing it as a father … maybe not that much.
I have a younger brother so I’ve always related to Charlie. The bad brother who still cares for his family. Now that I have a son I catch myself behaving like Alan sometimes. The clueless father who would do anything for his son.
There is good and bad in everyone. The good side in me will teach him to be a good boy with good habits and good morals. But he also needs to be a bad boy sometimes and go after what he wants. That’s just how life is. So far he’s pretty good at that.
He is in a phase where he’s obsessed with letters and numbers. We have a lot of wooden toys around the house and his favorites right now are … numbers and letters. He can recognize numbers from 1 to 10 and most of the letters, especially from A to D. We might be going on the street and all of a sudden he screams “10” and then you got to look around and find it. It can be the house number, plates of a car. You never know.
I have a shirt with “The greatest dad” written on it. A present from my wife. And one day I just hear my son spelling D A D while poking the letters on my chest with his small fingers. Guess that makes me a proud dad too.
Hes still a toddler and we don’t get along sometimes. When he’s around for too long he gets on my nerves. No fault of his own but toddlers need constant observation. And when he’s away, I miss my little kiddo.
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I’m not married yet leave alone parenting. But ur post is really heart-warming. Truly, the bond of a parent and child can only be felt when one becomes a parent oneself. Much love to your child.
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Thank you.
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Two and a half – a golden age!! I’m sure he’s a proper little character now and full of mischief! Learning new things every day that just amaze you and fill you joy and fear!! A very tiring age too, as they are always on the go and testing every boundary.
Lovely post, celebrating fatherhood.
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Tiring indeed. He is quite a character and we often ask him if he’s lying to us about things. He just bursts into laughter.
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That’s cute!!
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We re-think a lot of our lives after we become parents…it’s a whole new perspective on so many things we didn’t even realise were so problematic! I really had to tone down my moody days because my 2 year old once told me ‘Mumma don’t be sad, be happy”!
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I love the conversations with my kid too. We have much to re-learn from them.
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