daddy did it!

We wanted to start strong and keep you guys interested in our little section here, so go ahead and laugh at us all you want. Check out the 5 most embarrassing moments that each of us have experienced as fathers:

1.  Daddies First poopy diaper

To say that I was inexperienced with babies before my son was born would be a huge understatement. So when I had to change his very first poo poo outside the womb, it was a great disaster. That black tar looking substance that I attempted to clean was gross, and as I began the process, he graced me with a yellow waterfall of pee pee to compound the problem, I held my breath for the entirety, used an entire package of baby wipes, 3 diapers( don’t ask how) and a change of clothes for both baby and daddy. I am a pro now, but we all had to start somewhere.

2.   You’re doing it all wrong!!

My son was born in Dubai, He spent his first two months there. In that time, we must have gone out in public 5 or 6 different times where I was scolded, by Strangers, on what I was doing wrong. “You must hold him like this,” “ He is cold, cover him up,” “He will be bow legged if you keep letting him do that.” Needless to say, people there didn’t refrain from speaking their minds. I was ashamed at first. But with the reassurement of my loving wife, I learned that I wasn’t so bad, and he was in safe hands with me. I would never let anything harm him. Fatherhood makes you have an extremely watchful eye.

3.   The case of the collapsing stroller

Sadly enough, this has happened to my wife and me both. She did it with somebody else’s child though. I had just set up the stroller and had strapped my son in to start our journey to the mall. Apparently, I didn’t get the stroller to “CLICK” all the way, so a few steps into our walk, the stroller basically just folded right back up, with the little man inside. Thank goodness for the flexibility of youngsters, He was just fine, a little shocked at first, but I was quick to get the thing opened and CLICKED properly. Disaster averted.

4.   Lullaby for an audience

I sing to my son to get him to sleep. He loves it, and I am not a terrible singer. We have the summer infant video monitor, (great device all around) I was putting him  down recently at my in-laws house while they had a dinner party. We went to the basement and I went through my little lullaby routine. “Hush little baby,” and a family favorite I grew up with “Turn around.” Sure enough He was out like a light in no time, and I headed back up to rejoin the festivities. Well, right when the applause and laughter started I knew that the monitor was on and they had gathered in a circle to enjoy the show. I take the monitor with me every time now. Another lesson learned.

5.   The call for help

Another poo poo story. We were traveling back from overseas and my son was 2 months. At this point, his # 2’s are pretty yucky! He was very good and blowing his diaper out, ruining outfits, the whole sha bang. It was my turn, and it was a monster. Right when I took the onesy off I could see and smell disaster. I had to open the lavatory door and call my lovely wife for help. At this point the four rows surrounding the toilet were involved. We had to get the diaper bag from the overhead compartment, get a change of clothes, more baby wipes, and all of this with turbulance made the whole fiasco even worse. We were oh so grateful to get off that plane and away from the embarrasment.

-Greg

That is a tough act to follow, but I am sure a few of these mishaps will make you giggle…

1. The case of the UN-collapsing stroller

It was daddy-daughter day so, to beat the 110 degree heat in Fresno,  I decided to take my girl to the mall. They have the perfect area for the kids to play indoors, which is really the only way to do it during the summers. We had a great time. I used our new Quinny Buzz stroller, we went to the Disney store and bought a princess for the princess, and the munchkin got her energy out in the play area. Every thing was going great, until it was time to pack up and get in the car. Like I said it was HOT, and this was the first time that I personally had used the stroller. So I get my daughter buckled in, turn on the car, the air on full blast, and started to fold the stroller down. And that is when everything went down hill. I could not figure out how to break the stroller down. After reluctantly calling my wife at work (four times) with no answer, sweating/dying in the scalding heat, and snapping the collapse button off of our highly expensive stroller, I gave up. I officially crossed the line when I put the fully expanded stroller in the passenger seat and rode home with a wheel on my lap. To this day we have problems with the stroller because of the piece I destroyed. Oops, sorry babe. : (

2. Jazzercise baby

Okay, I admit it. I didn’t know that the onesie is supposed to be buttoned and go “inside” the pants. I personally like the jazzercise look when I buttoned the onesie over the pants, very stylish.

3. Inside-Out Day

One night I stayed up late with the baby so my wife could get some rest, even though I had a breakfast meeting the next morning at 6 am. I put the baby down in time to get a few hours of rest, and the next thing I knew the alarm went off.I rolled out of bed, half asleep, threw on my clothes and headed to breakfast. When my friend Mike first walked up, he looked at me a little funny, but I didn’t think much of it. We enjoyed our breakfast, and were finishing up when I looked down and realized that my shirt was both inside out and backwards. When I asked Mike why he didn’t say anything he said “I don’t know, I thought that was a new look.” I was so embarrassed, I guess that‘s what happens when fatherhood kicks in.

4. The Hot Pants Incident
Just recently I was putting the girls in their PJ’s and getting ready to read their bedtime stories, when my wife walked in the room. The second she looked at our four year old she started cracking up. I guess I had put my 3 month-old daughter’s bloomers on her. In my defense, they looked like PJ’s, my four-year-old is super thin, and those bloomers are made big to fit the diapers. How was I supposed to know?

5. The Big Poop

One day after church my wife got my daughter out of her Sunday School class and couldn’t stop laughing when she got back to the car. Man was I sorry when I asked her why she was laughing. She said that my daughter had gone #2 at some point that morning, and when she came out of the bathroom she announced to the class that she had a big “daddy poop” and went on to explain to the kids and the teachers that her daddy has BIG poops. Thanks to my wife for laughing one day prior and saying, “Man you have big poops just like Daddy!” I can’t wait until I have to go pick her up, now that they all know I have BIG poops.

-Gabe

Shannon Hughes

Co-Founder/CEO of HappyHourMom.com, Freelancer, Internet Marketing Consultant, and Social Media lover. Wife to an amazing husband, mom to two beautiful little girls, and follower of Jesus Christ. I am a Happy Hour Mom…are you?

    

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