Be the harbinger of impending parenting doom. If there is one constant in life, it is that life is inconstant. It is always changing, growing, evolving. And of course time goes faster than we want it to or think it should. In case Elise or I ever forget this, every single person we run into during the course of our daily running around deems it necessary to remind us of this fact.
Elise and I have also noticed that every parent we run into with children older than Sam feels it necessary to remind us how fast time moves and to warn us of some doom that impends from right around the corner, whether that be sitting upright, crawling, running around restaurants, sticking fingers where they don't belong or taking dad's Mini out for a spin around the neighborhood. "Oh, just wait until he ________ ! Then it's all over!" But, without fail, we reach said milestone only to discover...it really wasn't that bad. Instead of prognosticating the child-rearing equivalent of the Apocalypse, it would be a lot more helpful if these seasoned parents maybe offered a few morsels of actual advice...some bit of information that might actually be useful.
So I vow never to be that Dad, staring down a pair of dewey-eyed new parents and warning them "Enjoy it while you can...soon he's going to walk then it will be all over and you won't be able to go anywhere!" Instead, I'd rather buy them a cup of coffee...because that's all, at that point, they most likely really need.
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