Babysitting Noa!

By Abbas -
On Saturday afternoon, Kaniz and I test drove the whole toddler thing, thanks to our friends Pam and Junya (and their 15 month old son Noa). While the 'rents were out at a movie, Kaniz and I tried our best to keep Noa entertained. This involved:
  • feeding him (a cup of applesauce, two crackers, some chicken and a sippie cup of milk);
  • changing him (one #1 diaper, one #2 diaper); and
  • chasing him (for a little guy, his legs sure move fast!).
Kaniz and I love Noa - he's a really, really good kid. Very happy, very active and very easy going (must take after his dad), but babysitting him for 3 hours was about as much as we could handle. It's incredible how much attention toddlers need, and I have to wonder how parents manage to take care of their kids 24 hours a day. Is this some sort of superhuman power that manifests itself once you become a parent?

In our case, I think the fact that we were looking after someone else's child added to the challenge. It's like when you borrow a friend's car, you feel a little nervous, even though you've been driving for years without an accident.

Anyway, I don't want to make it sound like work! Kaniz and I had a lot of fun with Noa. He showed us his fancy Brazilian JiuJitsu moves (the body pillow is still recovering), and even got the wireless working on Kaniz's Linux laptop!

Comments

Michael Prescott said…
The good news is that they don't start out like that! Looking after Morgan used to consist of wrapping her in a blanket and lying her on her back on the floor next to my desk.

Occasionally she'd drop the toy she was playing with and it would land beside her head - not being able to see it, she'd get upset and I'd bend over and give it back to her.
January 25, 2008 at 10:43 AM
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