Sleep

Probably the biggest change of all with living with a kid is sleep.

For most of my adult life I could sleep as I pleased, especially before having a wife too! I've always been kind of a night owl, but one thing Amanda and I try to do is go to bed at the same time, even if I'm just going to stay up and watch tv or something.

Then, there's the kid sleeping. First off, I don't understand how when kids get tired they resist sleep with every ounce of energy they have left. Talon will have full on convulsions just to keep from having to sit with Amanda on the chair and go to sleep!

For those that don't know, Talon is kid of a giant so we moved him pretty quickly from his crib to a "big boy bed" simply because his legs took up so much of the crib. He really likes his room but he will fight sleep so much sometimes and then as Amanda and I are trying to get our showers done here he comes with blankets 1 and 2 and he's FULLY awake. So by the time we get him to bed, sometimes taking 3 or more times of tucking him in his room Amanda and I can finally lay down. Then we expect the worst every time we hear a sound on the baby monitor.

The other day, we heard a thump and looked and Talon was gone from his bed. Well, he fell off. After we found out he was okay, I couldn't help but laugh thinking about that thud we heard!

The cliche things people talk about with kids is sometimes so true.

But then there are those perfect nights where he goes to sleep the first time and stays in his room all night long. Those are the best nights.

People without children...do not take sleep for granted.

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Dad Simple.

My name is Jordan Spangler, and I'm a dad.

I haven't fathered my own child yet, but I am the proud dad of my two year old step-son Talon. His beauty of a mom you see here in the picture is my wife Amanda. We married on October 11th, 2014 and this is where I'm going to talk about the crazy shenanigans that come along with being a husband and a dad.

This will probably go into your normal loop of blogs that you read on the daily, but please don't mistake this for a blog that's going to tell you all of the perfect things you can do to make sure your little monsters are the smartest little perfect angel.

This is how to dad simple.

Love your wife, love your kids, encourage imagination, inspire aspiration, and for God's sake... keep it simple.

More to come later, but I wanted to get this thing started today.

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