Argh! A crying infant. It breaks my heart a little every time… I’m going to give him four minutes and then go in there and let him out of the crib for a while.
Ok, but first, I’m going to take his picture. That might piss him off more, but that will work for this assignment.
Snap a picture of a crying fit. Or two. Or one each month. You’ve got lots of pictures of baby being cute. Take a few that will remind you how hard this first year really is. You may feel a little mean doing it… but it will only take a second.
If you’re really heartless, take some video.
LOL – that photo with the book next to him is hilarious!
god i love that.
Holy crap. I have just somehow ended up at your blog from who knows where (ah, these long nights of clicking on blog link to blog link to blog link) and I just have to tell you: I am DAMN glad I found you.
I am surrounded by “like-minded” moms in my current city – women for whom I am immensely thankful. But. They tend to be quite intense. Serious. Straight-laced. And teetotalers. (Who knew attachment parenting made you lose your sense of humour?) But oh my. You guys crack me up. I have no idea where you are, but I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt you are somewhere in the Midwest, my beloved long-lost home. I mean, come on – drinking games for the debate? This screams fun. This screams home.
So glad to find you. Thanks for the great site.
I wish I could attach a picture I have of my son screaming in agony when we put a little hat on his head to go outside when he was in his first month of life. It is priceless. It is captioned “I HATE THIS HAT!”
I totally agree. Take pictures of the other moments in life besides happy baby. You will appreciate it later on in life, and it makes for a much more diverse selection when working on that scrapbook.
LOVE this! My toddler is just getting to the tantrum stage. I’m totally going to do this next time!
That’s so funny, because I did that yesterday by accident. Decided to keep the pic to show his girlfriends someday.
Hilarious! My little man had the most AMAZING frown during his first months and I just had to capture it for posterity! Mean mom? Maybe, but it keeps me saner, and therefore less mean >:-)
Ha! I did this and then I even made a scrapbook page about it. I wonder if I was inspired by you guys. The timing of this original post would have been about right….
I have loads of those pictures from all three of my children. I cherish all the sad, mad and gloomy faces along with the rest.
once when my son had a tantrum I videotaped him and then played it back during the the remainder of the tantrum. It was like stereo tantrum. Made him madder. Do I win a parenting award?
Yes, Susie. You win an award. It was a worthwhile experiment.
Love this! I know it’s a little wrong, but I think my kids have the cutest sad faces on the planet. Wish I thought to chronicle their first years in happy AND sad pictures.
This is such a FUNNY idea! I almost can’t wait until I have the opportunity to do this… oh my goodness I already regret saying that
Just came across this post – awesome! Here is a pick I took a couple weeks ago. My son right after his bath and before dinner: http://picasaweb.google.com/dobromir.montauk/KajetanSSecondMonth#5471614513846149938
Not only did we photograph the worst infant fit ever experienced in our home, but we video taped it! We were just telling our kids about it tonight…and that we’re saving it to play at their wedding. I don’t think they got the humor but we got a little giggle. Again.
After two weeks of sick 1-year-old twins, I soooo needed to see this. Hah! Thanks.
We went a step beyond this and made a video montage of a few of our son’s crying jags and funny sounds…very amusing. Can’t wait to embarass him in front of his friends in a few years! You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47QaYKHVda8
We video taped our colicky infant during one of his crying episodes. It’s fun to look back and laugh, and to feel relieved that he is now a happy four year old. He loves to watch it too!
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