Views from the Fu's

Parenting Basics: Nobody cares about your baby (as much as you)

Remember how it gets kind of boring when someone is showing you endless pictures of their new “super-cute” baby or telling the “adorable” story of that time their baby made himself spit up by sticking his hand in his mouth?

I don’t. So…

WHO WANTS TO SEE A VIDEO OF MILES CRAWLING (forward and everything!)? It’s pretty awesome. I can’t believe how incredibly proud me and Sarah are over something so seemingly pedestrian. Just imagine how we’ll feel when he makes the NBA or defuses a live nuclear bomb…

Parenting Basics: Baby Bias

When you are a parent you think that your baby is the cutest baby of all time. Even when he is just a newborn, during the "alien" stage, you might say something like "Man, Miles is way cuter than any other baby I've ever seen." You are wrong. One day you will look back at old pictures and wonder what the heck you were thinking, he wasn't even cute at all. In fact, he is SO MUCH CUTER NOW THAN HE WAS BACK THEN! That's right, six month old Miles is way cuter than six day old Miles, and is the new reigning "cutest baby of all time."

Parenting Basics: poop jokes

I've become convinced that we find poop jokes to be so funny even as grown ups because when we were babies, our parents just laughed and laughed in our face whenever we made doo doo.

Believe it or not, you WILL be able to tell when your child is dropping a deuce. Every kid is different. Maybe he will tense up, get all red in the face, then relax and smile a little when it's over... whatever he does, you will definitely laugh in his face about it.

Parenting Basics: Soft Spot

As a new parent your hands will be all over your new baby. inevitably you will one day touch the top of your baby's head and notice that you can FEEL HIS BRAIN PULSATING. Do not freak out. It is pretty disgusting, but totally normal. The baby's skull is flexible at birth, and as it grows, there will be a few soft spots on his head as the brain and head continue to grow. Expect the soft spot to close anywhere between nine months and two years, but your baby is most normal if it closes between 12 and 14 months of age. Until then, DO NOT drop your baby on his head or poke him in the brain.