We love #Dadlife, the eternal wellspring of love and frustration
Look through the window of #Dadlife and you’ll see the tiny, everyday details of fatherhood, warts and all. But more importantly, among the stories of piss, vomit and being kicked in the balls, you’ll find moments unique to each father. For us, this is worth celebrating (and laughing at). #Dadlife reminds us that fatherhood is both a universal and unique experience, because every child is astounding, and annoying, in their own way.
Here are our 20 picks from #Dadlife in March 2018.
1) Oh sheeeeiiiit, son
Two-year-old son [playing with Lego]: Ooh.
Me: What are you making?
Son: Shit.
Me: What?
Son: BIG SHIIIIIIIIIT!
Me: Uh … what?
Son: BIIIG SHIT. It has engines! [makes airplane noise]
Me: Oh … JET! YOU MADE A JET! A BIG JET!#dadlife
— Riley Breckenridge (@rileybreck) March 13, 2018
2) No no, this is just my life
Was out with 2 of the kids this morning for just 1 hour. Comments received:
‘Taking one for the team today?’
‘Got your hands full there.’
No, just being a dad thanks.#dadlife #parenting
— Three Time Daddy (@threetimedaddy) March 17, 2018
3) It truly is the small things
Parenting is finding your toddler naked in his bed for the fifth time in one night, and then feeling blessed that you don't need to change the sheets.#winning #blessed #dadlife #momlife #parenting
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) March 20, 2018
4) Trampolines are for dads too
I can still kill a trampoline with the best of em too ? #dadlife ? @litecoinmom pic.twitter.com/79hhAukn7p
— Łitecoin Dad™ (@litecoindad) March 14, 2018
5) Dad supplies are best bought in bulk
Too much of anything is bad except baby wipes. No such thing as too many baby wipes #dadlife
— bend not break (@kingsamvell) March 18, 2018
6) Nerf power: global conflict
Sometimes, I will convince my son to have a nerf war so that I can hide and catch up on current events in the news. #dadlife
— Dad Life (@dadfessional) March 19, 2018
7) Kids love repetition. Kids love repetition
#parenting is 1% doing something thinking it would be funny and 99% regretting it as the child keeps shouting "again daddy, again" for the next 3 hours.#dadlife #dadblogger #toddlerlife #pbloggers #pblogger #ukbloggers
— A D A M (@dadblogger_uk) March 14, 2018
8) Childhood innocence at its best
I wish anything brought me the unbridled joy that toast gave my children this morning.#Dadlife #Parenting
— TwinzerDad (@TwinzerDad) March 19, 2018
9) Wise guy eh?
7yo: Daddy, where do eggs go on vacation?
Me: I don't know.
7yo: (big smile) New Yolk!
She really "cracks" me up.#DaughterJokes #Dadjokes #dadlife
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) March 14, 2018
10) That’s 396 poos sorted
Big highlight of the day: getting 396 diapers for $60. That’s .15 a diaper! #dadlife #sahd
— Bryce Perica (@thebrycesrite) March 19, 2018
11) The muse is not amused
I nodded off for 1 minute. Felix found his canvas #dadlife pic.twitter.com/8vwHJPACq7
— David Muto (@pseudomuto) March 19, 2018
12) Fatherhood: the myth of sisyphus
Got up at 6am to clear the snow, only to find the driveway covered again after my shower.
Frustrating, but then I remembered it's no different from changing a diaper, picking toys off the floor, or really anything a parent does.
Not sure that's helping.#dadlife #parenting
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) March 14, 2018
13) Cereal projectiles
Jack sneezed this morning with a mouthful of cereal.
It's now mid afternoon and I found another bit stuck to the radiator.
Parenting really is an adventure.#parenting #dadlife
— Jack's Dad (@DaddingAround) March 19, 2018
14) You gotta respect the classics
Kid 1: “Dad, he hit me.”
Kid 2: “Well, she hit me first.” #dadlife pic.twitter.com/ikf620uORW
— John Sampson (@RefSampson) March 18, 2018
15) Not the best fatherly co-ordination
Dad story of the day…
Ate a cookie.
It was a good cookie.
Changed a diaper.
Cleaned the roof my mouth with finger.
Tasted something funky…
It wasn't a cookie I tasted now…..
Saw my finger had shit on it…..
Responded like anyone else would have.
?#dadlife #Parenthood— The Keebler (@YoungJediDad) March 16, 2018
16) Subterfuge!
I like to eat dessert in front of the kids without their being aware. Wrap some Nutella in a tortilla and they don't know that youre enjoying life for 3 minutes while they eat their quesadillas. Suckers#dadlife
— Nick Dunford (@Nickmdunford) March 17, 2018
17) This den gets 15/10
Our den building on point this evening! ? At least they'll give me some peace and quiet now, haha #FatherAndSon #dadlife pic.twitter.com/jR0fMVF1cH
— ThePlayersPlatform (@IamKahu) March 17, 2018
18) Is this a reason to crack open a Guinness?
7yo: *Positions two shoeboxes and a string in center of her room*
Me: What's that?
7yo: A Leprechaun trap.
Me: What'll you do if you catch one?
7yo: I'll set him free after he tells me where the gold is.#parenting #DadLife #momlife
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) March 17, 2018
19) #dadlife caught red handed!
7yo: Daddy, ready to tuck me in?
Me: *writing a tweet* Yep!
7yo: Daddy.
Me: *still writing*
7yo: Daddy?
Me: *still writing*
7yo: Daddy, (Smiling broadly) I think YOU'VE had enough "screen time" today too!#Dadlife #parenting #ShesNotWrong #Momlife
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) March 13, 2018
20) There’s a Simpsons episode about this: Lisa the Greek, episode 14, season 3
My bracket strategy has evolved. #marchmadness meets #dadlife. pic.twitter.com/rAGMRZyBwm
— Tabor Boys Hoops (@TaborHoops) March 15, 2018
