05-16-2006, 07:26 PM
Maitre,May 12 2006, 08:57 AM Wrote:So I changed by handle a while ago, and have been putting off the explanation until photographic proof was available... well, here's the proof (warning: huge pictures)!!!
Since I have no friends IRL, I must come to an online community to share my personal joy, and news: my wife gave birth to our fist child, a 9 lb. 7 oz., 21 1/2 inch long son, on April 14th, and so I am no longer the young-master, but simply the master of the house (and my wife gave me permission to say that, thank you). After three weeks of leave from work, I've been back for a week now (Henry's 4 weeks old today) and am realizing that my wife and I are in way over our heads.
After the appropriate ceremonial activity, life settled into a relaively relaxed pace. However, the return to work has been an experiment in sleep deprivation. Henry has a problem in that he's nocturnal (nocturial as well, but that's a different story), and frequently has episodes of reflux after eating. These two things combined means he prefers to stay awake for 1-1.5 after every feeding (including those at 11PM, 2AM and 5AM. So I'm trying to do my best to give my wife a break, and help out with these feeding sessions, and get a chance to spend some time with the munchkin now that I'm out of the house for 12 hrs a day again, so I've decided to become a willful insomniac. My new motto is "No sleep 'til Brooklyn!" and I'm not intending to take the trip up to NYC for several months.
How shocking a feeling to be a parent. And the wierdest thing is that they let us just walk out of the hospital after 2 days of caring for the thing. No instructions, no maintenance manual, no FAQ, no home inspection (thank whatever gods may be), no lisence testing, not one of the hospital folks were interested in seeing resumes from my wife or I, no credit check, and no background check either. It took less time to walk away with a baby than with a gun. Seriously folks, this is scary.
Regardless, I'll stop going on about this, as I've completely forgotten where I'm going with this. The bottom line is: it seems clear now who is in charge, and it's not me or my wife anymore.
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Congrats! You have entered a whole new phase of your life and there is no going back. Mostly, it's a good thing.
Don't get upset if you look at yourself in 3-4 years from now and think that you've aged 6-8 years. That's normal ;)
I'm not kidding, btw.
However, if raised right, the kid(s) make it totally worthwhile :)
-A