being a daddy
is very different from anything I have ever done before.
I had my share of pets, probably more than most people, but this is totally different.
It feels like falling in love, but not exactly. I already have strong (fatherly?) feelings towards Peleg.
I was surprised at myself, that I held him in my arms almost from the very moment he was born. I was always very afraid of holding babies, usually waited atleast till they're several months old.
I never fed a baby, or changed diapers before.
Yet, with Peleg it seems to natuarlly spring out of me. Hell, I enjoy this, very much.
He's so tiny and fragile, yet he already starts to show some personality.
We're starting to decipher his cry patterns (is he hungry? needs his diaper changed?), but mostly he either sleeps or just gazes at the world with his yet un-seeing eyes.
It also takes a lot of time to take care of a baby:feed every 4 hours, change diapers (usually before he eats, and sometinmes also after), prepare food, give him a bath, or just watching him sleep - covers up a lot of your day (and night).
Still, it's the greatest thing in the world.
I had my share of pets, probably more than most people, but this is totally different.
It feels like falling in love, but not exactly. I already have strong (fatherly?) feelings towards Peleg.
I was surprised at myself, that I held him in my arms almost from the very moment he was born. I was always very afraid of holding babies, usually waited atleast till they're several months old.
I never fed a baby, or changed diapers before.
Yet, with Peleg it seems to natuarlly spring out of me. Hell, I enjoy this, very much.
He's so tiny and fragile, yet he already starts to show some personality.
We're starting to decipher his cry patterns (is he hungry? needs his diaper changed?), but mostly he either sleeps or just gazes at the world with his yet un-seeing eyes.
It also takes a lot of time to take care of a baby:feed every 4 hours, change diapers (usually before he eats, and sometinmes also after), prepare food, give him a bath, or just watching him sleep - covers up a lot of your day (and night).
Still, it's the greatest thing in the world.