Study shows that "Papa" is one of the first words uttered by infants since the stone ages followed by "dada" and "mama" but in the above cartoon, the geek father seems to have a different kind of experience while talking to his new born baby.
On the personal front, my son Google is now around 18 months and he can easily address all the family members with unique names (which are sometimes really funny).
I can be "papppa", "papppu" or "paaapaaa" depending on his mood.
He generally stays away from my computers but lately, I do see him enjoying photo slideshows in Picasa or playing with volume control buttons on the laptop - probably the back lights that glow up on pressing the buttons attract him.And if you enjoy mommy blogs - read The Mad Momma - the author (mother of one and expecting another baby) has a great style of writing with a very good sense of humor.
Disclaimer: This daddy blogger is me.
Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/12/techie-dads-what-was-your-babys-first.html
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Reader Comments
Hilarious indeed.
And in case you care about Grandma's Tales, this one is from a Grammar spewing grandma who refuses to retire from her job as an English teacher http://grandmastales.wordpress.com
Written on 5/12/06 4:43 PM
Anonymous - Thanks for mentioning that blog.. I met Geeta Padmanabhan at the BlogCamp - she was full of engergy and started her own blog after meeting a couple of bloggers at the conference.. still remember the expression on her face when she came to know that blogging was my full time job :)
Written on 5/12/06 4:51 PM
ur son's name is Google? You are joking right?
Written on 5/12/06 6:32 PM
No I am not kidding.
Written on 5/12/06 7:41 PM
you serious? u mean in his identity card it reads "google"?
Written on 5/12/06 9:11 PM
You're the second person I know who's named his son Google. The first one is an ex-colleague of mine who's now working at Microsoft.
Written on 6/12/06 11:20 AM
you named your son Google? do you hate him? I hope you're joking, because I never thought you'd sell-out to an awful publicity stunt like that. I'm also asking because the photo of your sun says "Aryaman" when you scroll over it. Please don't forget that we actually have about 5 months til April 1st. If you aren't joking, you could at least tell us what the hell you were thinking/what brand of liquor you were drinking/what type of drug you were imbibing when you set your son up for a life of taunting.
Written on 7/12/06 11:14 AM