Presidio News - Inspiration: What I Didn't Know Before I Had Kids

July/ August 1999 - Volume 2 - Issue 6

What I Didn't Know Before I Had Kids ....

How many seconds it takes to microwave 4 fish sticks perfectly.
How to change a diaper in the dark, in a parked car, on a standing child.
And all of the above simultaneously.
Which lines of The Cat in the Hat and If I ran the Circus can be skipped over without the child noticing.
How bright a 3:00 a.m. full moon is.
That solid white socks get lost in the dryer at a much slower rate than do the mates of patterned socks that coordinate to special outfits.
How little sleep a human body truly needs to function.
How to spell amoxicillian, let alone say it.
That reverse psychology really works.
The distinctive sounds of Cheerios crunching underfoot.
How far you can dilute juice and still retain it's taste.
That the more my kids learn the less I seem to know.

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