Parenthood Begins

After the birth of our daughter the real work began. For a few days we were in the hospital, it was great because the nurses came in and would take care of our daughter; showing us tips, helping with feeding, bathing her, etc. But once they gave her to us to take home...the real work began!

It was like being placed in a whole new world, waking up for late night feedings, the crying, everything. My fiance (well, now my wife) had a lot on her hands. Although I was there to help I have to admit it was a lot of work. She had to get up in the middle of the night, numerous times, to feed our daugher and change her. By the morning time she looked tired, a bit beat. But after a while we got into the swing of things. I returned back to work, while she stayed home with the baby.

Now don't let her tell it, but contrary to popular belife I  DID help out a lot (lol). In the beginning she only breast fed, so when our daughter would wake up in the middle of the night I would wake up my wife and hand the baby over. Granted many times I may have fallen asleep after giving her the baby, but hey, there was no more that I could do, she had the food (lol).

We both had to learn how to be parents quick. Now once you have a baby everyone under the sun has advice for you. Man it was; do this not that, make sure to use this formula, use these diapers, babies cry but try this. There was just so much to take in! I tell you, someone needs to write a book about this...wait...I think they do...between taking care of a baby and working reading a book was not about to happen (lol). I think the best advice we recieved was from a coworker of my wife's who told her: take it one day at a time, you'll learn along the way. And that is exactly what we do, taking it one day at a time. Everyday is a new adventure, a new day to learn something new about being a parent. Everyday is always new with a baby.

Although my wife spent the bulk of the 8 weeks she was out of work at home, she ensured to take home videos of her experienced with our daughter, making me feel like I was right there with them. It was great.

Being a parent has been an adenture that I am lucky enough to take...despite the crying, the throwing up, the poo'ing, the carrying of the heavy carseat (the bain of my wife's existance...lol), the constant worrying, I would not change being a parent for anything in the world.... And the story continues.