5 months
All the clichés are true: Time goes by too fast. Savor the moments. Record everything.
Pre children, I'd hear these phrases and just brush it off as excited new parent musings, when in fact, it's critical.
If you've ever stayed up all night say, gaming, partying, what-have-you, at a certain point in the evening you look up and realize hours have passed without even noticing. You were so focused on what you were doing - rolling dice, fragging friends, busting a move - that time was used up.
That's what it's like having a kid. You are so heads down on their needs - eating every 3 hours, diaper changes on demand, trying to catch a nap between both and keeping up on things like dishes, that 8 hour a day job you have to go to - the time just disappears.
We're 5 months in and I look at the onsies he's outgrown and try to remember how small he was. There are a few specific memories I have holding him as a tiny little thing all balled up, but they are far and few between, fragmented moments. It doesn't help that he's not a particularly snuggly baby, he'd prefer to see what's going on around him then cuddled up in your arms, unless he's very very tired.
For 2 first time parents with no family and very few friends around, we're pulling it off. He's alive, well, happy, extremely engaged in everything around him and learning new tricks every day. While he may not be the super snuggly baby I thought babies would be, he wants to be held constantly (so he has a better view of everything around). His laughter is addictive. His love for his husky siblings is extremely visible, and their love of him is reciprocal.
If I could just get a little more sleep, while figuring out how to catch up on things around the house, we'd be set.
Pre children, I'd hear these phrases and just brush it off as excited new parent musings, when in fact, it's critical.
If you've ever stayed up all night say, gaming, partying, what-have-you, at a certain point in the evening you look up and realize hours have passed without even noticing. You were so focused on what you were doing - rolling dice, fragging friends, busting a move - that time was used up.
That's what it's like having a kid. You are so heads down on their needs - eating every 3 hours, diaper changes on demand, trying to catch a nap between both and keeping up on things like dishes, that 8 hour a day job you have to go to - the time just disappears.
We're 5 months in and I look at the onsies he's outgrown and try to remember how small he was. There are a few specific memories I have holding him as a tiny little thing all balled up, but they are far and few between, fragmented moments. It doesn't help that he's not a particularly snuggly baby, he'd prefer to see what's going on around him then cuddled up in your arms, unless he's very very tired.
For 2 first time parents with no family and very few friends around, we're pulling it off. He's alive, well, happy, extremely engaged in everything around him and learning new tricks every day. While he may not be the super snuggly baby I thought babies would be, he wants to be held constantly (so he has a better view of everything around). His laughter is addictive. His love for his husky siblings is extremely visible, and their love of him is reciprocal.
If I could just get a little more sleep, while figuring out how to catch up on things around the house, we'd be set.
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