Comments on: How to be a prospective father http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:17:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stephen Coley http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/#comment-15 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:33:33 +0000 http://www.merebagatelle.com/?p=11#comment-15 Ooooh how strangely familiar this all sounds :-)

Point 1… Doing ‘dad’ stuff

My dad got me a ‘workmate’ for my birthday last year… I’ve not even opened it yet!!!

Point 2… Worrying about the wife and the little one

Be VERY prepared for the words, ‘Oh Simon, I think you should pack the overnight bag’, or in my case ‘Oooooh shit it’s coming!!!’. Your worrying will truly begin then :-)

Point 3… Worrying about the future

‘With chapter headings dated up until 2050 and beyond…’ That one still freaks me out MASSIVELY!!!

XXX

]]> By: Jane http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/#comment-14 Sun, 17 May 2009 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.merebagatelle.com/?p=11#comment-14 If it wasn’t for the fact I had chucked them away in a vain effort to be tidy, you would have had quite a collection of paint stirring sticks.

Those are fairly much my worries too except I want to know where they keep the book called “How to be a good mum” with chapter headings like “recipe for home made play doh”, “Jam Tarts and their uses on wet Saturday afternoons”

]]> By: womaninblack http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/#comment-13 Sun, 17 May 2009 20:33:14 +0000 http://www.merebagatelle.com/?p=11#comment-13 DAMN. The second commenter. Curses.

]]> By: womaninblack http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/#comment-12 Sun, 17 May 2009 20:32:42 +0000 http://www.merebagatelle.com/?p=11#comment-12 Oooh, I think I’m the first commenter. Exciting! Almost as exciting as having a baby.
The worrying never stops, I fear. You’re buying into it for the rest of your life. Thankfully:
a) kids are worth it
b) you learn to live with it
c) you don’t have to give birth

Do NOT under any circumstances say: ‘your uterus is opening like a flower’ when your other half is in labour. My other half read me that from a book at a crucial moment and, had my legs not been in some strange stirrups contraption, I’d have brained him. Preferably with the book. Or a full kidney dish.

]]> By: Garry Bunkall http://merebagatelle.com/2009/05/17/how-to-be-a-prospective-father/#comment-11 Sun, 17 May 2009 20:23:07 +0000 http://www.merebagatelle.com/?p=11#comment-11 The traffic light story made me want to cheer, but it’s the sticks for stirring paint that made me smile the most :-)

Good luck!

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