My daughter spoke

Jason Ramsey

Jason Ramsey

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I am sitting here in the room across from my daughter, and she keeps looking at me going "da-da, da-da, da-da."

Awesome. She has been saying that a lot lately, but I just figured it was babble. But, now I'm almost confinced she is saying it to me. She is 7 months old.

...Oh, wait she just called a stuffed bunny da-da, too.

Darn

Jason
 
You do realise, it's all downhill from here? You'll be spending the next 15-18 years telling her to sit down and shut up ;) Being the Father of two boys, I never understood just how true that would be, until they came along. And having a step Daughter, I can honestly warn you now- they turn evil somewhere between 11 and 13.
 
Capt Quirk said:
Enjoy these years, either way. They are the best :)
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WITHOUT A DOUBT. I'm melted every single time my little babygirl (19months) looks up at me and says "DAAAAADDY" and reaches for a big hug.

BEST MOMENTS EVER. Cherish them.
 
Thanks. The best moment so far has to be the first time I hear her laugh. I put her in the pool and she just started giggling. That was the tip of the top in memories for me, so far.

Jason
 
My strongest memory, was my oldest son when he smiled at me for the first time... and my wife insisting it was just gas, and everytime after that- until he smiled at her. Then it was genuine.
 
Of course...

My wife is a little jealous that Ivory (my daughter) is saying da-da all day long. Even if it isn't genuine :)

Jason
 
Tell you wife she has nothing to be jealous of. My daughter just came up to me tonight, looked at her mother, then back at me and said "Daddy, I love you more." Try smoothing that one over. :)
 
krestofre said:
Tell you wife she has nothing to be jealous of. My daughter just came up to me tonight, looked at her mother, then back at me and said "Daddy, I love you more." Try smoothing that one over. :)
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LMAO!!!! Hilarious!

My daughter is 18 yrs old....first word was "cookie", then "daddy", then she got around to me. :)
 
I have a wonderful girlfriend. I have been thinking hard lately about taking that next step. And, we have been talking about children names...in jest. But the actual idea of it seems thrilling yet scary as HELL to me.

I am not sure I have what it takes to be a dad. I commend all of you parents...
 
Daughters just have a way of melting dad. I can tell you though, everytime you think you're past the problems, a new set pop up. You've many trying years ahead of you, but having been through it myself (my daughter is 24) I wouldn't trade it for anything. :beer: :beer: (yeah, and a few of these don't hurt either...) :beer: :beer:
 
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rlm7189 said:
I have a wonderful girlfriend. I have been thinking hard lately about taking that next step. And, we have been talking about children names...in jest. But the actual idea of it seems thrilling yet scary as HELL to me.
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If you aint sure, rent one first to see if you like it. Trust me, when you have your own, you cant give them back. :beer:
 
What a great post Jason.

My son is now 16 months old and since he was about 8 months we were all convinced that his first real words were Dada and it was that way for a long time until he learned to say Momma and then, like you mentioned, everything else is Dada including the dogs and cat. I even have videos of us telling him to say dada and he does it. However, I found out that Dada also means "what the hell is that" and "I want that" and "I want to go over there"...and so on and so forth.

And now even after all these months I am mostly referred to as momma and if I'm lucky momma-dadda. :)

What an amazing ride you're in for. In the end it wont matter what they say, but how they look at you when they say anything or even nothing at all.

My son just climbed on my back today for the first time as I was crawling for a pacifier... and preceeded to ride me like a mule. He was so amused and his laughter lasted for about 20 minutes until my old body gave out....but for twenty minutes of laughter in the midst of one of the hardest jobs in existence, it was worth it. He even screamed "more dada" and was doing the sign language version to my wife while I was suffering physical pain. :) The best 20 minutes of my life.

Good luck dada-momma.
 
insanityfw said:
My son just climbed on my back today for the first time as I was crawling for a pacifier... The best 20 minutes of my life.
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Its comments like this that make me think that parenting isn't so bad...
 
rlm7189 said:
Its comments like this that make me think that parenting isn't so bad...
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Don't be fooled. I've made a feature film with a crew of 30 and me being in charge of the entire production (from creation to financing)....having a child makes it seem possible to make a feature film every day compared to what it takes to raise a child.

There is nothing I can imagine, in life, that is more difficult than raising a child. There is nothing that will take you closer to the depths of anger and dispair. There is nothing that will force you to grow up and lose your old self...and there is nothing more magical.

I have been with my wife almost 18 years, since we were very young and we had our first child after 16 years together. My wife is the only person in my life including my wonderful mother that i would give my life for until now. We were just talking about it on the way to dinner tonight. If she ever had to make a choice between my life and the Wee-Man's, that there would never be a question that it would be me that would meet the maker and vise versa. The strange thing is that there was no drama about it only happiness in knowing that it was the only way it could ever be. Very strange. What the hell happened to the old Jason Francois?

And after all this there are still days when he is crying and has a rash on his ass and has learned what NO means , that I want to pack my car and drive off to never be found.

However, i FINALLY have an excuse in life to fail at anything as long as I don't fail as a father. EDIT: It's actually almost impossible to fail as a parent as long as you give freely of your love and a bit of guidance. Hell, even if you **** up they still love you in the end. :)

Fatherhood is the most beautiful disaster.
 
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