Having my first baby!

So, as if turning forty in 8 days isn't enough, hopefully in the next year I will be having my first baby.

Well, of course it will be Lisa, my wife, actually having the baby. But I am at least as excited as she is...and nervous, OK...terrified.

Heck, it took me almost 40 years to figure out how to take care of myself! What am I going to do with a baby?

Actually I have this plan that goes like this...I am going to turn the tables on the kid and instead of teaching him/her everything I know, I am going to let them teach me about life.

The way I figure, kids are the ones that seem to have it all figured out. I know I did. Kids eat what they want, get full and quit, unless some grownup starts telling them to clean their plate!

Kids play until they get tired, then play some more, it is all about having fun. We could learn a lot from this lesson.

Kids are always trying to learn about something new..."where does (fill in the blank) come from?", "why does (___) happen this way?". Kids are full of questions.

If you stop asking questions, you stop learning!

So my plan is to keep asking questions and learn as much as I can...maybe the kid will learn something along the way too?

(copyright 2005, Learning from My Kid!)