daddy cheap skates

its 5 to 1 on a sunday afternoon.... THE WIFE is feeding junior his cereal in front of the telly with csi on... i am drinking coffee in front of the computer with some music on... how i love sunday afternoons...

we were at the docs a couple of saturdays back... junior is getting his pneumococcal shots... number two out of three... we were there at 11.30 for an 11.00 appointment.. there was quite a few babies there that day... i never noticed how much junior had grown until i get to compare him with other babies... technically junior is not a newborn anymore... i know because theres a few newborns there and junior is way bigger than them... we did the weigh in and the height measurements... junior is slightly over nine kgs and about 70 cm... it wasnt long before we were called into the docs office...


doc: hello... what can i do for you today?
THE WIFE: we are here for his shot
doc: right.... let me do some check up on him... my, he can sit up quite well.. he seems fine... is he on solids already?
THE WIFE: yah, we are feeding him cereals and porridge and some fruits...
doc: good... you can increase his solids.. up to two times a day... you can also try to feed him some meat... chicken, fish... should be alright.... okay, daddy, put him on the table... todays shot might give him a fever, just watch out for it...
me: okay....

the whole thing was over in a minute... junior was crying his lungs out when the doc prick him on his little thigh

doc: right, i will see you when he turns one...
THE WIFE: okay, thank you...

on the way out at the cashier...


me: you got any milk formula samples?
cashier lady: what formula is he on?
me: friso gold, number 2
cashier lady: ive only got number 1, fresh out of number 2
me: thats all right, a milk formula is a milk formula, 1 or 2, not much difference... right?
cashier lady: hmm... yah...
me: you got any cereal samples as well?
cashier lady: hmmm... yah..... here take all these...
me: cool... thanks....

although the shot and the consultation fees cost me 200 bucks, i reckon i saved $24 on the milk formula and a couple more dollars on the cereals.... i am proud to say that junior has been on cereals for a couple of months now and i havent spend a single cent on cereals... daddy cheap skate strikes again....