{"id":2220,"date":"2007-07-28T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-28T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2007-07-28T09:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-28T15:29:00","slug":"on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/28\/on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh\/","title":{"rendered":"On the nature of parenthood&#8230; AAAAGH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is difficult to focus on anything for extended periods of time. The boy is pretty much <b>mobile<\/b>. He will find any item and rip into it. Moments ago I saw him grab a bag of nacho chips that had been on a window sill. He managed to in a period of four seconds pick up the back and shake it.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I was standing and halfway across the room, the bag was inverted and the floor was covered in chips. Everywhere. Of course you look up and the boy has a gleam of pride in his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s interesting. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;ve changed him at least 400 times (Yes that number is probably an accurate estimation).. but I get surprised when people think that Aiden is a girl. To me.. he&#8217;s pretty much &#8220;all boy.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>(stepped away from this post for a moment)<\/p>\n<p>Make that 401. And OMG! I&#8217;m so happy we&#8217;re feeding him 8-{<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/pics.livejournal.com\/shimmeringjemmy\/pic\/0006asky\/\">this picture<\/a> today<\/p>\n<p>Thanks also to <a href=\"http:\/\/shadesong.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shadesong<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/shadesong.livejournal.com\/3326807.html\">pimping my efforts<\/a> today. &#8216;song is blogging today by providing all new material into the world of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shayara.com\/\">Shayara<\/a><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"-3\">You can still sponsor me throughout the blogathon at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogathon.org\/pledge.php?blogid=614\">http:\/\/www.blogathon.org\/pledge.php?blogid=614<\/a><br \/>\n<i>Registration required<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2220\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/28\/on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2220\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/28\/on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-2220\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/28\/on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/28\/on-the-nature-of-parenthood-aaaagh\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is difficult to focus on anything for extended periods of time. 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