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MOTHERS DO NOT WORK.
RESEARCHERS SAY BIG IMPROVEMENTS
IN CHILD CARE IS HELPING THAT
SITUATION.
GAYLE, YOUR CHILDREN TURNED OUT
PRETTY WELL.
>> KNOCK ON WOOD.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
>>> CLYDE EGDERTON HAS CHILDREN
FROM 30 TO 6.
GO, CLYDE.
HOW LONG TO WAIT UNTTO HAVE SEX
AFTER A CHILD.
CLYDE EGDERTON.
>> WHERE IS HE FROM?
>> HE'S FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF
YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR, CLYDE.
IN THE BOOK I WAS CRACKING UP
YESTERDAY.
FOR INSTANCE, YOU SAY, DO THE
CAR SEAT AHEAD OF TIME.
IT COULD TAKE SIX TO EIGHT
HOURS.
BABY'S HEAD MAY NOT LOOK RIGHT
AFTER BIRTH.
IT WILL TAKE A DAY OR TWO BEFORE
IT LOOKS NORMAL.
AND MY FAVORITE OF ALL, SAY
TAN'S GIFT TO EARTH, TALKING
TOYS.
THAT'S SO TRUE.
WHAT DID DO YOU WHEN YOU HAD A
TALKING TOY AT YOUR HOUSE?
GO AHEAD.
FESS UP.
>> IT WAS A LITTLE PLASTIC TOY
THAT SAID GOOD NIGHT.
I PUT IT UNDER THE BACK CAR
WHEEL AND BACKED OVER IT AND
HEARD THE PLASTIC SCATTER ON THE
CEMENT.
>> THE BANE OF MY HUSBAND'S
SKPIS TNS IS TOYS WITH
BATTERIES.
I WAS A LITTLE DOOBOUS WHEN I
FIRST GOT THIS BOOK AND READ
THROUGH IT.
I THNK IT'S GREAT.
IT'S A HOW-TO TO NEW DADS HOW TO
HELP YOUR WIFE AFTER A NEW BABY
AND THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR KID
THAT MAYBE NOBODY WOULD TELL
YOU.
>> I THINK I LEARNED SOME THINGS
THAT I HADN'T READ OR HEARD
ABOUT AND ACCIDENTALLY HEARD
THEM AND DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT
THEM.
I THINK FOR A NEW DAD IT CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND FOR AN
OLDER DAD THEY MIGHT GET SOME
IDEAS.
>> AND YOU'RE BOTH.
>> YES, I AM.
>> YOU CALL YOURSELF A
CONSIDERABLY OLDER DAD.
>> IS IT EASIER LATER, YOU KNOW,
EACH TIME YOU HAVE A NEW CHILD?
IS IT EASIER?
>> YOU MEAN TO MAKE THE CHILD OR
--
>> OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> WE WON'T GO THERE.
>> YOU SAT AT THE WRONG TABLE,
MY FRIEND.
>> I THINK IT IS.
IF I WASN'T HEALTHIER I'D FEEL
DIFFERENT BUT YOU LEARN FROM
PAST MISTAKES, I THINK, AND I
BELIEVE THAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU
DIDN'T SEE BEFORE.
>> AND THINGS ARE CHANGING TOO.
HOW DO YOU LOOK AT SPANKING FOR
EXAMPLE?
>> WELL, I DON'T SUGGEST THAT
PARENTS SPANK.
>> EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE SPANKED.
>> I WAS SPANKED AS A CHILD.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT HURT ME ALL
THAT MUCH.
>> I'M WITH YOU ON THAT.
I I'M WRITING FOR A WIDE
SPECTRUM OF PARENTS AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A VERY
COMPLICATED AND TRICKY.
I SUGGEST HOW NOT TO SPANK.
>> CAN I GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC TIPS?
YOU HAVE A SECTION ON IN-LAWS.
>> YES.
>> HOW SHOULD YOU REACT WITH
YOUR IN-LAWS?
>> YOU SHOULD ALSO USE THE WORD
"I," NOT "YOU."
I WOULD NOT GIVE HER THAT
POPSICLE RATHER THAN YOU'D
BETTER NOT GIVE HER THE POPSICLE
OR I'LL KILL YOU.
>> I'M VERY FASCINATED BY YOUR
OWN STORY.
YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S 30,
YOUR YOUNGEST WHO'S 6.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> WITH TWO MARRIAGES.
>> AND WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED THE
SECOND TIME, DID YOU THINK I
WANT MORE CHILDREN?
BECAUSE IT IS UNUSUAL FOR A
PERSON AT 68 TO HAVE KID THIS
YOUNG.
>> IT IS.
I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT.
I WENT ABOUT LIVING A NORMAL
LIFE AND THE KIDS STARTING
COMING ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
>> BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
NEVER CHANGES.
WHEN YOU DRIVE HOME, YOU HAVE
THIS COMBINATION OF EXTREME
ECSTASY AND DEEP WORRY.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THAT'S SO TRUE.
>> I SUGGESTED THAT IF NOT
REALLY A COUSIN BUT A PERSON I
USE AS A COUSIN, RATHER THAN
USING A BASSINET HE USE AS
COOLER SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING
HOME WORRYING ABOUT THE RATS
GETTING A BABY, THEY'LL HAVE A
HARDER TIME EATING THROUGH A
COOLER THAN THROUGH WICKER.
YOU ALSO TELL A FUNNY STORY
ABOUT THE CRIB.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
ONE NIGHT I FINALLY FINISHED
PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
IT WAS WONDERFUL.
IT WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I
STARTED ROLLING IT TOWARD THE
BEDROOM AND IT WOULDN'T FIT
THROUGH THE DOOR.
>> THE TIME TO HAVE SEX AFTER
HAVING A BABY?
>> TWO YEARS TO THE BIRTH.
>> THANK YOU, CLYDE.