Thursday, August 28, 2008

Update on my life as I know it

Sorry it's been a l-o-n-g time since I posted. But it's been a challenge.

We're all adjusting to the new "normal". I knew it was going to be different and a challenge but I had no idea how different and how challenging.

For me this is much like going from being single to being married. An adjustment period needed to happen. My actions and thoughts needed to change. It took me a while to make that transition from single to married since I'd been single for a l-o-n-g time. I'd gotten used to doing things my way. Coming and going as I pleased. Not taking anyone else's needs and desires into account. Now to go from being a couple to being parents is a new adjustment.

The biggest change for me was the prolonged lack of sleep. Pre-baby, a few days of less than normal amounts of sleep could be caught up on the weekends. No big deal. In fact I hated sleep since it got in the way of me doing things. Post baby, the sleep interruptions happen every night and there's no getting caught up. It's gotten better in the last week or so. But the first month and a half were really tough. I was a zombie. The baby is sleeping from about 10:30 to 3:30 - 4 ish. AND she's in her room now instead of in the bassinet in our room. Both of these developments have helped with my sleep deficit.

My wife is doing well. She's really taken to motherhood. She's the best. Always a smile and kind word to the baby even though she's gotten no sleep. Patient even when the baby has totally melted down.

HRH has taken the longest to adjust. He's gone from king-o-the-roost to third string quarterback. Initially he wanted to lick & lick & lick. Sniff & sniff & sniff. We couldn't let him do that since she was so small and he's very aggressive with his licking & sniffing. Slowly we let him get his sniffing & licking in. I'm sure it's not as much as he'd like but.... We still don't leave the 2 of them unattended. We're not totally sure of his intentions quite yet. I'm sure he's jealous and a bit mad that he doesn't get nearly as much attention as he's used to. Oh well, he's got to adjust too.

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posted by ChowderHead @ 8/28/2008 04:43:00 PM 0 comments