Father's time lapse video of an afternoon alone with toddler son reveals what REALLY goes on when mom is away



A father's time-lapse video recording what goes on when he and his toddler son are left home alone, has taken YouTube by storm, generating over 10,000 views.

Emio Tomeoni, 30, of Kansas City, Missouri, made the film for his wife, Stephanie Ramos, 31, while she was at work one afternoon to reveal the chaos that ensues when he and Xavier, 21 months, play together.

The pair, who set up camp in an initially spotless living room, are seen exploring an ever-increasing array of toys and games.

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Chaos: Emio Tomeoni made a time lapse video of himself and 21-month-old Xavier spending an afternoon alone together without wife Stephanie

Once they have exhausted the potential of a basket of soft playthings, a toy box comes out, the contents of which are rapidly scattered across the room.

There's a little playtime on the sofa, and some piano practice on the keyboard in the corner before some stacking of blocks before lunch.



By this point, a child's chair and playpen have been added to the melee, though little Xavier elects to perch on an upended basket for lunch instead, while dad sits cross-legged on the coffee table.

All calm: The pair couldn't look more innocent as they kick off proceedings with a small basket of soft toys

New possibilities: Once Mr Tomeoni and Xavier have explored all toys in the basket, they move onto the trunk

Simple pleasures: The toys are never quite as much fun as a little father-son quality time though

The little chair comes in useful when Mr Tomeoni feeds the youngster a yogurt, but it appears there is a spillage, and so the next time we see them, both have lost their shirts.

Of course, this does nothing to inhibit the fun, and Xavier takes to his playpen. This looks like rather a good idea to Mr Tomeoni, who clambers inside as well, much to the little boy's delight.

Next on the agenda is a bongo drum, which appears, like the rest of the toys, seemingly out of nowhere. It is cast aside for a diaper change though, before an impressively speedy tidy-up restores the room to normal.

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Piano practice: Mr Tomeoni helps Xavier hone his musical instincts with some time on the keyboard

Block tactics: Xavier builds a tower while dad prepares his lunch

Informal seating: Xavier perches on an upended basket for lunch, while dad sits on the coffee table. A move to the small child's armchair for dessert sees both of them get yogurt on their shirts though

Mr Tomeoni, who works in the film production industry, says he made the video because his descriptions of the mess he and his son make seemed so exaggerated.



He told ABCNews.com : 'We both have perfect jobs, but our hours are completely upside down. She's night side, I work regular hours. Her off days are weird. We're making all these adjustments. We didn't have a solid day care yet, so I'm taking weird days off and I end up at home with our son in the daytime a lot. And it's great.



'Me and him alone, progressively, I got obsessed with getting him toys,' he continued. 'So I kept telling her how our days went, saying, "This place was a wreck, a disaster. We played all day." And then she'd walk in and it would be spotless.'

Back to the fun and games: After lunch - and both have lost their shirts by this point - Xavier plays in his playpen. But it all looks like way too much fun, so Mr Tomeoni climbs in and joins him

Making some noise: The pair pull out a bongo drum for some late afternoon beats

All change: Mr Tomeoni clears a space to give Xavier a new diaper

He says he makes a lot of videos for his wife, and knew she would love this one in particular - the online success of the video was a total surprise though.

'It was really odd. I looked at it when I was done with it, and my thought was, "My wife is going to love this - mainly because the house was clean at the end of the day and I changed his diaper,"' he said.

'That was my initial thought. But after I got some random feedback, it seemed like it could be big.'

Hiding the evidence: Then it's time to restore order, and the pair embark on an epic clean-up

Back to normal: Once the living room is tidy, Mr Tomeoni holds a giggling Xavier to the camera to flash a smile at mom, before whisking him off to bed

Mr Tomeoni has enjoyed a fantastic response from YouTube commenters, with one calling him 'dad of the year', and many praising him for not putting Xavier in front of the television.

A couple even took the opportunity to ask if he had a single brother.

