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He rolled over…thank god!

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You try not to compare your child to other children…unless they are superior…but you do. When everyone else’s babies are conjugating French verbs and yours can’t find his feet, you start to get paranoid that he’s a tard. You start blaming yourself. Maybe you’re not doing something right.

Maybe you’re doing the wrong activity. But that can’t be. You’re always right. Someone else is to blame.

So maybe it’s…the other parent. What in the hell has she been doing…or not doing…in the 15 minutes you’re not there to witness it. No, that’s crazy…or is it. He is clearly behind all the other infants.

Well, maybe it’s whoever is watching him during the day. Yes…”The Grandmother” she must be doing absolutely nothing but leaving him on the bathroom floor. No that’s crazy…we’d see the tile marks.

Then it happens. The one moment that says, “Hey, your kid’s not a vegetable.” He rolled over. Twice in one day. How awesome is that. We knew we needed to do more belly time. But he hated it. Was crazy grumpy attempting it. Jack and I were playing Wii. Bowling, I believe. I was a pimp and he was Elvis. It’s a great bowling game.

28002_rollover_accidents_2.jpg“He did it.” I hear from the nursery over the baby intercom, “Bryan, He rolled over.

So Jack and I run in and celebrate…then back to the Wii. We couldn’t get too crazy. He then did it again later, just so I could witness it. It was awesome.

He’s a genius. I can’t wait to find other babies his age that aren’t as advance and judge their parents.


Posted in Baby, General, parenting on March 24th, 2008

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4 Responses to “He rolled over…thank god!”

  1. Jamie Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Yeah for Tony!!!!

    It’s so hard when there are so many people you know with babies close in age, someone is always comparing. Of course my baby is the smartest and most talented, jk! LOL =)

  2. Sarah Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    This post made me do a spittake. “.. you start to get paranoid that maybe he’s a tard.” Very nice. And PC.

  3. Bryan Comer Says:
    March 25th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

    That’s me…PC…not tard…

  4. Stacy Says:
    April 5th, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Haha! Now I’m doing the comparing — Noah hasn’t rolled over yet and I’m getting so impatient. I love watching him COME ALIVE, so to speak, but, I’m ready for some independent movement already.

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