Comments on: Oh, you want to wrestle!? http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Gary Walter is a not-so-perfect man with a Dad Attitude Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:01:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: gwalter http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-410 gwalter Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:14:45 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-410 And so I've heard! <img src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2425/62/125/1212521117/n1212521117_347358_8502.jpg" alt="A good time was had by all.." /> And so I’ve heard!

A good time was had by all..

]]> By: inadvertentfarmer http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-409 inadvertentfarmer Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:10:54 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-409 It is time spent...our youngest two are much closer to their father than the first three were at this age. He was young and driven and working a lot when the older ones were little. They all loved their dad but these two adore him, they crave his attention and are completely swept away by the awesomeness of their father. Enjoy...this is when being a parent is at its best. It prepares you to still love the teenagers later to come! Kim It is time spent…our youngest two are much closer to their father than the first three were at this age. He was young and driven and working a lot when the older ones were little. They all loved their dad but these two adore him, they crave his attention and are completely swept away by the awesomeness of their father.

Enjoy…this is when being a parent is at its best. It prepares you to still love the teenagers later to come! Kim

]]> By: gwalter http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-408 gwalter Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:35:48 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-408 Tonight - after several days of the upper respiratory crud, and other general maladies, we were off to bed a little early. Smiling Son was just not smiling... "Do you want to walk?" "Nooooo." "Do you want to rock?" "No...." "Do you want to cuddle?" "Noooooo. " So, I scooped him up and walked into the dark living room. I sang, I swayed, and he snuggled down into my shoulder and neck. I'm pretty sure he was asleep within minutes... As I looked out into the forest and sang made up lullaby songs of love - I thought of my Father, and His love for me. Not only do I not want my son to be unhappy, but my Father doesn't want me to be unhappy either. The joy you speak of Terre - that is the joy my son feels from me - and the joy I experience from my Father. Tonight – after several days of the upper respiratory crud, and other general maladies, we were off to bed a little early. Smiling Son was just not smiling…

“Do you want to walk?”

“Nooooo.”

“Do you want to rock?”

“No….”

“Do you want to cuddle?”

“Noooooo. ”

So, I scooped him up and walked into the dark living room. I sang, I swayed, and he snuggled down into my shoulder and neck. I’m pretty sure he was asleep within minutes…

As I looked out into the forest and sang made up lullaby songs of love – I thought of my Father, and His love for me. Not only do I not want my son to be unhappy, but my Father doesn’t want me to be unhappy either.

The joy you speak of Terre – that is the joy my son feels from me – and the joy I experience from my Father.

]]> By: Terre http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-407 Terre Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:49:21 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-407 Gary, you are getting to experience joys that only a parent can know. Gary, you are getting to experience joys that only a parent can know.

]]> By: gwalter http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-406 gwalter Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:05:59 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-406 Kids need the contact! And with the mistrust of strangers, the learned propriety (no touch) of even close friends, and the absence of grandparents - kids will find a way to get that very real touch that they need. Two psychologists that I know, say that the lack of touch is physical abuse - I believe it. The sad thing is, there will come a day when I won't be able to wrestle with my daughter anymore. I'm already grieving that necessary step. Kids need the contact! And with the mistrust of strangers, the learned propriety (no touch) of even close friends, and the absence of grandparents – kids will find a way to get that very real touch that they need. Two psychologists that I know, say that the lack of touch is physical abuse – I believe it. The sad thing is, there will come a day when I won’t be able to wrestle with my daughter anymore. I’m already grieving that necessary step.

]]> By: danceswithklingons http://www.daddytude.com/2009/10/oh-you-want-to-wrestle/#comment-405 danceswithklingons Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:17:13 +0000 http://daddytude.com/?p=904#comment-405 My middle DD is wanting to wrestle w/Dad. Not tickle but really wrestle. No idea where that came from but she loves it. My middle DD is wanting to wrestle w/Dad. Not tickle but really wrestle. No idea where that came from but she loves it.

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