A list of ‘hilariously’ annotated instructions for caring for a newborn has gone viral, attracting over 750,000 views on imgur and a heated discussion on Reddit.
The father who took the picture, known only as Jacob, was left the set of instructions while his wife went away for two nights. He took it upon himself to add a few personalised notes – much to the delight of the Internet.
The couple are both first time parents, and presumably the new mum felt some anxiety about leaving her three-month-old son alone with his dad.
Beginning by crossing out the original title of the list, and replacing it with ‘Recommendations for King Jacob’, the new dad then highlights his wife’s location, inquiring as to whether by ‘Dublin, Ohio,’ she means that she’s in Ireland.
He then goes on to question why the word ‘Diaper’ starts with a capital letter in the middle of a sentence.
He includes several questions in response to simple instructions. Where his wife has written ‘Apply diaper cream to butt’, he writes, ‘so do I take the diaper back off?’
Jacob also draws a box and some stars around a very long sentence, which he assumes is extremely important.
