# One Handed

Date: 2019-04-27
Tags: parenting
URL: https://joelgaff.com/blog/one-handed/

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Upon becoming a parent, there are lots of new skills you have to learn.  How to change a diaper, how to burp a baby, and how to warm up (and not overheat) a bottle of formula or breast milk are just a few.

However, you still have to go about the rest of your day, doing all the other things you normally did pre-kid, such as making dinner, sending emails, taking the dog for a walk, and so on.  But now, as a parent, you're more than likely going to have to do more than one of these at the same time.  Which leads me to the parenting axiom #48612:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Parenting is the art of doing everything one-handed. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/parenting?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#parenting</a></p>— Joel Gaff, Jr. (@joelga) <a href="https://twitter.com/joelga/status/1060593691989966848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2018</a></blockquote>Photo by [Steven Van Loy](https://unsplash.com/photos/oUhSla4L_98?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/holding-child?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)