Baby Independent

ABANDON ALL HOPE - YE WHO HOLDS YOUR INFANTS LONGER THAN A FEW MINUTES!

That's the most common theme I've been given by other people once I became a parent myself.  If you hold your infant, you spoil them, and you'll never be able to do anything other than hold the infant....UNTIL YOU DIE....Or at least that's the severity with which others speak of when referring to the evils that is holding and/or spoiling your babies....And they talk with such pride about not holding or rocking or snuggling with their children.  This way the infants learn to be independent; do things on their own....So, if I follow this logic, if a baby is left to his or her own devices long enough, will they stop crying and get their own bottle at 3:30 in the morning?  Because that would be awesome...

Parenting..."Style"???

 

While preparing to become a parent when our first child was on her way, like every first time parent in the digital age, I began doing online research about all the various things I needed to be aware of that children and babies needed.  I eventually stumbled upon a list of parenting...."Styles"....Styles that were becoming more and more popular among the trendy and metropolitan parents of the day.  I guess it's that these styles have grown out of trying to get your child to be the most advanced during their development, and become ready for the world at hand as quickly as they can.  Of course, being the simple man that I am, I already felt that I was a neglectful parent because I wasn't hooking my wife's uterus up to headphones and playing Mozart, or reading Dostoevsky to the fetus at the third day of conception...

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First Time Parents

The first time that you ever hear the news that you are about become responsible for another human being is something that is beyond comprehension.  It's been almost 3 years since I first heard those words.  It's awesome and utterly terrifying at the same time.  You think to yourself, am I ready?  Can I do this?  Will I just mess this new person up so badly, that there's no redeeming them, or myself?......How long do I have to wait until they can log in to World Of Warcraft, and help me raid?.....

Welcome To My Comic, To Be Published Tuesdays & Thursdays

Hello to one and all! 

I am both excited, and a little nervous to be putting this experiment of mine out in the wild.  This has been a LONG time coming.  For what ever reasons I have, or have led myself to believe that I have or have had, this project has been in the works, one way or another, for about 11 years. 

Who are you, and what is this place you ask?  Well, to answer the first question, I am a father of three beautiful girls, and husband to an amazing woman.  I love being a dad, and if I could, would be a stay at home dad in a heartbeat, without question.  I am also quite a man-child, and giant geek.  As the sub-title of my blog states, I am a dad who, in fact, has never really quite grown up.  I am a huge comics/super hero/sci-fi/fantasy/video game geek.  I still (lamely) head bang to rock and metal in my car when I think no one is looking. And lastly, one way or another, I sometimes consider myself an artist...I do have an art degree after all....But more specifically, I'd like to be considered a cartoonist.

As far as for what this place is, this is my attempt at becoming the cartoonist I've always wanted to be.  I've always heard that to be the most successful at something, you should write what you know; that way, you'll always have material, and you'll enjoy what you're doing.  The two things that I love and know the most about are comics, and the things that I've learned being a father who is just as much a child as the children I am raising.

So, if you care to stick around, every Tuesday and Thursday, as long as I continue to learn new things while raising my family, I will publish a new life lesson I have gone through.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy what is to follow!