Like most new parents (as they/we should), it's all about the baby for the first few days/months/years. I had Simone's first puke, and I changed my first diaper ever (not counting the half-job I did on my nephew-in-law a few years back). And, of course tonight will be my first night sleeping with a baby (yes, we're co-sleeping, I think it's dumb not to).
What I didn't realize is that after the birth, you get a 24-hour "cry free" buffer where the baby is pretty much just sleeping. Simone did cry a couple of times for a minute or two, but she was generally happy as a clam to just hang out and sleep.
Mary and I are very blessed to have had a safe birth to a healthy baby (sadly, this is not the case for more people in the U.S. than in any other developed country).
At some point I'll discuss what it was like to have a home-birth, but I'm not done processing it myself yet.
Friday, May 26, 2006
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Wow - you never changed a daiper before? Didn't you have cousins or kids you babysat or something?
I think I've done hundreds.
Congratulations by the way. This summer I want to come down and see her.
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