When There Was A Baby In My Arms — Remembering My First Father’s Days

Posted by Jeff on June 9, 2015 at 9:32 am

It’s a common thing that parents say, but honestly it doesn’t seem like just yesterday. It’s far more like another lifetime ago.

I now have girls zooming around the neighborhood on electric Razor scooters, working diligently with wires and circuit boards as they deconstruct old stereos, and wearing whatever comes just before training bras. The days of diapers, changing pads and mushy peas are a distant, sepia-toned memory buried somewhere on a hard drive.

My early days of being a dad and those special first few Father’s Days I experienced — a time when pastel-tinted hand prints, slobbery kisses and chubby crayon scribbles were more valuable than any mass produced greeting card was or ever will be — will undoubtedly get foggier in my mind as the years pass but they will never be 100% forgotten…especially not when I keep that artwork push-pinned around my office and those framed handprints close by in my bedroom.

It’s funny to think back to those times, when I wouldn’t leave the house without at least one spare Luvs diapers and a slim pack of wipes wedged into my favorite, tattered cargo shorts. Now, my kids run out of the house in front of me and I’m only focused on remembering my keys before I shut the door behind us. The independence and, um, prowess on the potty, is nothing short of a parenting miracle but there are days, few and far between I’ll admit, when I long to be hovering over a squeaky lil’ babe to change a diaper and make googly faces and noises at her while her chunky short stack arms push forward ten pudgy fingers trying to grab my eyeglasses and hook my mouth. Oh man those giggles and smiles. Those were beautiful moments.

To celebrate this Father’s Day, we’ll be seeing Wicked on Broadway during a fun weekend in NYC, which is kind of perfect because that experience is really for my wife and daughters. Without them, Father’s Day wouldn’t be a thing for me at all, so I’d rather celebrate my girls and their interests more than anything of my own on that day. And what’s better, I don’t need to carry with me a single diaper or wipe…only a camera to capture more amazing memories.

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Disclosure: This post was sponsored by P&G and Babies“R”Us and I received financial compensation for my time to tell this story. All opinions expressed above are honest and unbiased, as always.