Just now listening to the radio & with Father's day coming up they're airing some calls from listener's 'father of the year' stories for dads that don't have much of a chance of ever receiving one. It reminded me of one of my own stories, and I'm sure there are other breeze members that probably deserve a nomination;
A few years ago I was at the footy with my kids & a couple of mates. My son was off (somewhere) playing and I was standing on 'Can hill' with my 3yo daughter hanging around my legs asking to "pop-up" (pick her up). I didn't want to put my beer down so I grabbed her by one hand & in one swift motion, lifted her up onto my hip. As I did she started crying...just as this happened the wife turned up, after a bit she decided to take the kids to visit their grandparents. My daughter was still sooking and I told the wife (without taking my eyes off the game) "she'll be right - just tired & sooky".
About an hour later I got a phone call from my wife to let me know that after a trip to the docs, my daughter had a dislocated elbow & torn ligaments and wanted to know how this happened...needless to say - I didn't get lucky that night.
To top it off, after the game we went to the pub & met up with the wives/kids for a meal. Afterwards, us guys & a couple of kids went in to the bar to get a couple of last brews in and as I was enjoying a pint of Kilkenny 4yo son (running around) hit the corner of a table just above his eye...it was a couple of days before his 5th birthday. The wife wasn't real happy with me & with 2 injured kids 'we' decided to call it a night. I'm reminded of my lack of parenting abilities every time someone sees his birthday photo with his eye swollen, shut & blue and his sister next to him with her arm in a sling.
Did similar to my 2 year old monkey in a supermarket. He was pulling everything
off the shelves as we walked the aisles ( he was in a stroller)
After many warnings and having picked up half the stores products off the
floor, I grabbed his free arm (the other was working the products) lifted
him high enough to reach his bum and gave him what just about every
kid desperately needs to this day to make them decent people.
It did hurt his shoulder enough to need a sling for a few days.
He now has a son doing the same things but nowdays its "cute" to allow
destruction of property, especially someone else's.
My 14 year old daughter is pretty sure that I AM the Worst Father ever -- let alone just this year.....
My little guy is quite small, but yeah I am very aware of that 'dislocated shoulder' thing too. I've heard the same story from many parents, so it is something I'm mindful of, only because I've heard stories like yours. So don't feel too bad, I think a few parents dislocated shoulders from picking them up too quickly.
Did pretty much the same as Sailhack. At my oldies place I grabbed my daughters hand/wrist as she was about to take a very large step down a very steep and long staircase. She yelped and wouldnt let me grab her arm etc.
We got home and she was a bit sooky. I had a beers and went to bed. Missus stayed up withe her, oops. Next day we took her to the docs and yep, dislocated elbow. Got her to reach for a lollipop, grabbed her wrist, small click and hey presto, all sorted.
Kiterboy, your a tool. Go away.
I think id get worst father of the year award.
Both kids like to surf with me and apparently for some Breezers that is more dangerous than letting them hang at the mall
Once we went to Bali and forgot the kid, were halfway back to Perth on the plane when we realised the 7 y/o was still at the hotel in Bali.
Actually, no, it was twice, but the second time we had not got on the plane yet.
(It's OK I am joking)
years ago at a funeral, a long lost family friend of my parents whom I'd never met, came up to me and said... "I remember when you were a baby your father used to hang you from the clothes line and hose you clean when you messed your nappy"
and my parents wonder why I never call
Yep, done the elbow too.
But I remember putting the kid in his back seat of the car, close the door, hum, it doesn't close, try again harder... I get it now, it's his hand in the door ! Luckily, no drama...
Also lost him for 30 min. We were with 5 families playing in a park, walked home, each one having some kids with us, started BBq and some games, when we realised he was missing, he had decided to visit another playground on the way, but was found by some other parents... Big groups are not as safe as we think.
But it doesn't mean we are neglectful.
Can't say that I have injured my daughter but when she was about 3 I had one of those seats on the back of my bike and would take Her for rides. The trouble was that her helmet would slip down over her eyes. I worked out the perfect cure, I put some sticky back Velcro on the back of her helmet with the second piece on the bike seat, when I put her in the seat I would Velcro her head to the seat, job done, used to get a lot of dirty looks.... She loved it.
Oh wait, I did lift her out of a cot once on holidays and put her head into a slow moving ceiling fan....
I was ten years old when dad closed the car door on my thumb, squashing it in the gap at the front of the door near the hinges. Ouch. He still feels bad when mum brings it up.
If I wasn't day dreaming at the time and looking at the gap and wondering how much it would hurt if I shoved my nose in there (true story) I wouldn't have forgotten where my hands were and got my thumb squashed instead.
Horrible dad or stupid kid, you be the judge
Well in Rockingham-"Fathers" Day is the worst day of the year......
Because not many kids know who there Fathers are - but Mothers Day is a completely different story,at least you know who they are
If not - you must've had a sad upbringing and I'm sorry for you.), I'm guessing there are many dads here that know the feeling.
If not - you must've had a sad upbringing and I'm sorry for you.), I'm guessing there are many dads here that know the feeling.
Ol man let me do all that, cept chain saw, never heard of a chain saw, just a bloody axe. Bit sh1t we had a fantastic 3 weeks, blowing stumps out of the ground, shooting D cell batteries out of heavy wall pipe at targets and so on. 
I remember being about 8 at a cousins birthday party and getting told off by the old man. I dont know why but i punched him in the balls.
Copped the worst hiding of my life after that. I had to tell the teacher I got hit with a golf ball.
Sorry but that pic from the Doctor is a classic. My daughter has been to the beach windsurfing and SUPing with me and had no hair tie. Out comes the old bits of stiff salt encrusted bits of crap rope and there you go. Works the same, love it. She doesnt care and she's a teenager.
My dad's "worsty'. He used to give me haircuts with me sitting on a chair in the laundry while he clipped away. He was talking with my mum who was in the backyard. Not paying attention he was saying that I must have some chewie in my hair as he was having trouble cutting through a tough bit. the "tough bit" was my frickin' ear!!! We still laugh about it on Fathers Day.
on a camping trip in winter, wifey made the kidswear trackies,socksand shoes round the campfire, and they didnt half winge, till I spilt a boiling billy on my daughters foot
after pouring heaps of cold water on the foot , we removed theclothing, but the top layer of skin came away , so i left the other kids with the freinds I was camping with and started the 100km drive to town. half way there the rain started ,and wifeys car almost got washed off the road.
when we got in mobile range of town i rang wifey( who hadnt gone on the camping trip) and asked her for the number for A&E so i could ring them and let them know we were coming in
then having been to hospital, got the foot dressed, and taken cery tired daughter home to mum, drove back out the 100kms to the camping spot, arriving at 4.00am
the restof us stayed camping for 2 days and arrived home witha car load of smoky wet clothes, having had great fun.
wifey not so impressed, and daughter rather unhappy about missing all the camping
