Give your best advice to an expecting father - Page 15

Originally Posted by Teacher

Just get him his bed; eventually, he'll get into a sleep pattern from being tired. It won't be perfect, but it will happen.

This is what boys do, period. They climb in, they climb out, they climb just for the sake of climbing, even when there's no hope of every going anywhere. When I was exactly that age, I pushed my wooden toybox (two feet by three feet, with a lid) up to my tallboy dresser. I then climbed on the toybox, then over onto the metal swivel handles on the dresser front. I scaled the thing, got onto the top, and dumped baby powder all over myself. My mom heard me climbing down, came in, and found this tiny white ghost with bright blue eyes staring at her.

Another time, I pulled the drawers in the kitchen out and staggered them like steps. I then climbed up, got a Jell-O mold from a top cabinet and some other things, which I donned like armor. When Mom caught me, I shut my eyes and pretended to be asleep, standing up on the counter with my cookwear armor.

And that is what boys are like.

Originally Posted by globetrotter

there was an article in the local timeout last week, a woman asking about talking to her teenage boys about masterbation and giving them advice about lotions and lubricants and so on. I found that to be very weird, and I am not looking forward to that period with my kids.

Originally Posted by Teacher

You're even entertaining the thought of doing that????

Originally Posted by drøn

our first son is in the works and will be done in a few weeks. and right now my wife is driving me crazy with names talk. i would never have imagined how much time you can spend just reeling off names.

now you guys might actually be to some help.
my wife is half japanese with no real connection to japan though, so we would like to call him something that will kind of point to his descent. on the other hand he will grow up in denmark and i want the name to be somewhat recognizable in europe. it should be a name that he will not have to spell out all the time.

any suggestions?

Originally Posted by gdl203

Same thing for us - we wanted names (two of them) that work in French, Japanese and English. i.e. that are actual proper first names in all three languages. Let me tell you that narrows down the field pretty dramatically.

Originally Posted by gdl203

Same thing for us - we wanted names (two of them) that work in French, Japanese and English. i.e. that are actual proper first names in all three languages. Let me tell you that narrows down the field pretty dramatically.

Originally Posted by gdl203

We had a final list of 6 or 7 names. A couple were no no's because of the Japanese meaning. Picked the two we preferred. Don't remember if Yan was on it (is that a Japanese name too?)

Originally Posted by gdl203

We had a final list of 6 or 7 names. A couple were no no's because of the Japanese meaning. Picked the two we preferred. Don't remember if Yan was on it (is that a Japanese name too?)

Originally Posted by globetrotter

no, I meant the time when they get to that age. they can figure it out themselves, but I am guessing that at one point I am going to se evidence of it, or walk in on it.

Originally Posted by Teacher

My son's sixteen, and nothing (apparent) so far. Thank the Mighty Lord above.