Sweet, sweet toddler love
Posted on April 21st, 2007 in pride, surrounded by mommies
Hey, all. I’ve got another post up over at GNM Parents about my ambivalence at being the daddy-Pied-Piper who gets a poopy-load of toddler love at the playground and in music class. Basically, I’m the goof that the kids pile onto…
From the post:
Now, I’m not one of those parents who tries pointedly to ingratiate themselves with others’ babies (but I don’t avoid them, either). Nonetheless, I get a lot of toddler love in playgroups, classes, and at the playground. … The thing is, some parents and nannies don’t really “play along” at music class, or in other play settings like the sandbox. …
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Sweet, sweet toddler love
I sometimes feel like the Pied Piper of the under-3 set at the playground. I wonder if it’s because a) I’m male, b) I’m a goof, or c) both.
Trackback by TheBabyBug.com — April 21, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
[...] totally the Peter Pan dad — I even called myself that once, although I used the term Pied Piper, since toddlers follow me around a lot. But I chafe at the idea that I am any one of these things [...]
Pingback by Doodaddy » Four Types of Parents! Eight Types of Parents! Hut, Hut, Hike! — May 28, 2007 @ 10:27 am
[...] was just one of a half-dozen children that I played with that day — again with the Pied Piper thing. At one point, I was alone in watching three kids (Boo, who’s 18 months, a new friend [...]
Pingback by Doodaddy » Look at the Birdy! — August 9, 2007 @ 7:03 am
[...] day at the playground, a cute toddler named Jessica really got into playing with Boobaby and me. I’m the Pied Piper dad, you know — I almost always have an entourage of toddlers. In this case, though, [...]
Pingback by Doodaddy » Proving Myself, Again and Again — September 20, 2007 @ 10:11 pm
[...] it with her dad, too, but she says she doesn’t want to. I get the feeling he’s not a goofy-play dad. Today, though, I wouldn’t take no for an answer, and so I played it with her dad. Daughter [...]
Pingback by Doodaddy » Freeze Frame! Or, The Doodaddy Redemption — September 28, 2007 @ 2:57 am
[...] I’m the Pied Piper, right? With kids crawling all over me, leading a gaggle of ‘em in drawing or dancing or [...]
Pingback by Doodaddy » They call me "creepy." They call Boo "stressed out." — November 15, 2007 @ 5:17 pm