Short Story Collection Vol. 055 by VARIOUS

One of the most rewarding things as a parent is when you can see your child act like you. They watch what we do. Have you noticed what kids do with phones.... It scared me when I saw my 15-month-old at the time look at my phone and pretend to be me. It made me change my phone habits around the kids. Aside from the scary stuff it is rewarding when these little people act like an adult. Email: [email protected]

At times I enjoy having a pity party for myself. I just want to sit and put on my pouty face. My children don't want that out of me. They want fun and chill dad. Sometimes all it take is that one little missing tooth smile and it makes the world right again.

I am such a baby. For the past 6 month's I have been running the household. In a midst of large cleaning session with the kid's the thought came across my mind "My wife better appreciate me". When she got home I told her that.....  Email:[email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My two year old loves to eat stuff off the floor. My little girl enjoys wiping snot with her sleeve. My six year old does not like washing his hands. They are gross and germs love hanging out with them. When my kids are playing at the indoor playground, at times they introduce me to a new strain of flu. We try to combat it as much as possible. 

My daughter like almost every father's daughter is the best. I am very happy that she has that maternal instinct to console and love everybody. Unless she is tired then both her brothers can yelled at.

I celebrated Ukrainian New Years this past weekend. I dressed up and danced a few polkas. Once I had children I really started to enjoy creating traditions for my children. Celebrating Ukrainian Christmas and New Years are some of the events that we enjoy with our children.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I don't like the way my son's head coach coaches the team. I am an assistant coach and I try to help influence some of the drills. The head coach is a good guy he just thinks that our team is way better than what we are. I have to bite my tongue and I play nice in sandbox. In the big scheme of thing's I am just being a baby.   Email:[email protected] Twitter:milldadshow

I love Christmas. It is my favorite time of year.   

A stellar stomach virus ripped through our house. It took down one member of our family, even our dog was sneezing. In the chaos, my beard had an attachment to vomit. I cleaned that thing 3 times yet the puke smell was still with my beard........   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My two year old had hand surgery last week. My little guy now has two club hands. Watching him trying to play is a little sad because he wants to be able to play like a normal kid but he doesn't have access to his fingers. Just his thumb.....   Email: [email protected] TwitterL milldadshow

My brother turned 40 over the weekend. I flew up to see him and to be apart of his birthday weekend. It was enjoyable to be away for the weekend. I was able to not have to worry about the children becasue the wife was holding down the fort.  Gmail: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I have to be an advocate for my children. When dealing with doctors I have to rely on my gut feelings. I deal with great doctors and nurses but I know my daughter better than them. I also talk about the uncomfortable feelings regarding my daughter.

Consistency and Structure are very important when putting your kids to bed. Once those are in place the bedtime routine becomes easier. All three of my kids are on the same routine and all three are really easy to put to bed   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

This episode is part 2 from the last show. Having sick kids can be very difficult.  Thank you for downloading and listening.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My 2-year-old son was rewarded with his very first ambulance ride. Unfortunately it is an expensive ride and not a ride that is fun for everyone. It is always a little scary when your child is sick and you can't do anything about it.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I really enjoy woodworking. I found some plans and I built a bed for my wife. My patience is growing as a mature, that has created a better carpenter.    email: [email protected] twitter: milldadshow

My six year old just got out of his first week of school. We went from being able to hang out and chill to a full-time job. A job where he gets told what and when to do it, a limited playtime and being exhausted. He has been taking out his frustrations out on me. Email: [email protected] 

I had to go buy a plunger. Tub and toilet not draining properly. Every house should have a plunger just encase. I bought one the kids enjoyed playing with it. I loved the fact that they wanted to be involved with helping me plunge the toilet.   Thanks for downloading. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My little guy gets the worst side effects from teething. A bad rash develops on his bum. I try to help him out but when it breaks out there is nothing we can do. We ride it out and during this time it becomes very difficult to change his diaper. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I like my job but I don't love my job. I have been having issues with my job and I had a real positive talk with my boss. He listened to me - which is cool. It makes it hard to leave a boss that listen's to your issues.  Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My son called a bad driver a douche bag. He heard me earlier call a bad parker a douche bag. I was happy and I was a little worried that he would call everyone a douche bag that he disagreed with. That's not cool.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My kids are cool but not cool enough where a 12-year-old girl should want to play with a 6 and 4-year-old. The neighbor's daughter comes over and plays with my kids. It is just odd.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow 

It was a hard week for our family. 2 kids being sick is really hard. Lots of throw up, crying, sleeping and cuddling for the week. My weakness as a father was very clear to me as our children needed more tender, loving, care. They cryed right by warm embrace into my wifes arms.   Twitter: milldadshow Email: [email protected]

If I am looking at something and I can't figure it out. I will just google it. I am not ashamed to look for the solution. If I am lost and I have lots of time I will follow my nose but If I don't have a lot of time I will use my GPS. My phone / the internet has become one of my best tools in my parenting toolkit. I use it to figure a lot of problems out.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

We were at the family cabin for a week. I was driving the kids home by myself. It started out fine then my little girl gets sick in the truck and throws up. There are 4 of us and the dog. It is not a good situation. It could have been worse, she could have had exploding diarrhea. It is hard to be driving with a sick kid.   Thanks for download. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow 

My daughter loves to sing. My son and daughter love to listen to music. I don't play any of that kid music. I enjoy listening to late 90's and early 2000's music. When a beat is good they know how to bob their head to the music.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My son's very first birthday party with his schools friends happened this past weekend. We went bowling - it was hard to contain 8 6-year-olds as they were trying to all bowl at the same time.    Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

When my 18 month old hits my wife with a plastic bat - my gut instinct is to laugh. Unfortunately my children love to make me laugh which results in them doing some bad things.   Twitter: milldadshow Email: [email protected]

With 3 kids one of the many useless things that I have become really good at is changing diapers. I can't really take that skill and use it elsewhere. We are just about done with diapers and that's cool.   Twitter: milldadshow Gmail [email protected]

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My six year old was at a birthday party and he was the odd man out in keep away. My wife watched it go down. He was about to cry then she stepped in. We are now concerned that we might have a problem.   Thank you for the download. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I think I am fat....... that is not cool    

I picked a battle and won!!!! I have been having issues with my 18-month old sleeping. I had one of those nights where he just didn't want to sleep. Like any rational parent with not alot of sleep I picked a battle with him. Thank you for the download Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I had one of those days yesterday. I was alone with the kids and we had back to back activities plus school. Everyone in the house went to bed early yesterday.   Thank you for the download Email:[email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My 6 year old called me out today. He was right, I was wrong. He made me proud after the matter of fact. I was annoyed at the time. Now that some time has passed I am happy he saw my mistake and told me about it. Thanks for downloading Email: [email protected] Twitter milldadshow

I grew up being a natural athlete. I had an okay arm, I wasn't great at third base but I was really good at second. I had a solid arm and I was fairly accurate. I have really come to enjoy throwing things at my kids. It is a fun game that everyone in the house giggles at even my wife until someone gets hit in the eye.   Email:[email protected] Twitter: milldadshow Thank you for the download.

I scolded my oldest son for not helping me the "right way". We were cleaning the garage and he wanted to have fun while I wanted to clean up. We both agree that I was wrong and I should have had more fun with him.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

Thank you for the download. The average Millennial will have over 18 jobs in their lifetime. I am on pace to have more jobs than that. I am not loyal to my company unless they appreciate me, compensate me properly and give me a great work life balance. I sound like a baby in this show. Sorry. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I love my wife. I also get annoyed with her. My 18-month-old has been creating some havoc in our house. He isn't sleeping well. Instead of us getting 8 hours of sleep we are getting 6 broken hours of sleep. That is when I get annoyed. Thanks for the download.   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My CEO runs the house. The 18-month-old dictates the large majority of time spent in the household. I like to think I am in charge, but I know that I am at least 3rd on the depth chart. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

I was asked recently how do you do it? I looked at him and said do you mean how do I survive with three kids. He nodded his head yes. I told him it's easy when they are sleeping.   Email - [email protected] Twitter - milldadshow

Work vs Home life is always a constant struggle for me. Being around for my kids is important but the ask from my boss is getting bigger and bigger.   Email - [email protected] Twitter - milldadshow

I have come to enjoy baking. I never used to care about fresh cookies until I had kids. I don't remember the last time I bought cookies.    Thank you for the download. Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

My little girl is awesome. She is by far my favorite daughter. She is awesome with the exception of her stinky farts. I still Love her but sometimes she stinks.   Thank you for downloading. Email : [email protected] Twitter : milldadshow

Thank you for downloading. FEAR part 2 - some of the regrets that hurt me the most   Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

This episode is a little more off the cuff. It is about me being scared.   Thank you for downloading. Email : [email protected] Twitter : milldadshow

Thank you for downloading. I have stopped telling my 5 and 6-year-olds to be careful.  Email: [email protected] Twitter: milldadshow

Thank you for downloading. I yelled at my 16-month-old today. Like really, what's wrong with me?   Thank you for downloading. Email [email protected] Twitter milldadshow

Thank you for downloading. Questions from Joesph, Bob, Ethan, Tyler and Adam.   Email me at [email protected] Twitter milldadshow   Thank you for the download

When I get asked, "what is the one thing I need to know about being a dad is?" I will tell them be careful of the Dad Bod. Don't eat off your kids plates!!! That in its self will save you 5 pounds. Thank you for downloading. Email - [email protected] Twitter - milldadshow