The best and hardest thing. The longest shortest time.

[moireach]

Here's a fairly concise illustration of parenthood (!): listening to your four-month-old (!!) happily and loudly talking to himself in his sweet, baby voice, cooing around his own fingers, which he's recently learned how to suck on... at five o'clock in the goddamn morning.
(Andrew: "I guess I'll take him downstairs and we can both practice our

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[kazulrw]

ah, I'm just reading this, so I hope you had a good last week together. being on maternity leave was infinitely easier for me than being at work, and I would never have chosen to go back as early as I did, but I've still found that work gives me a sense of purpose & accomplishment that tending to a small child all day just doesn't.

[marrythebed]

I've been waiting for an update, because I like reading about parenthood from someone smart and articulate like you! My only complaint is the lack of pictures ;) What else is the point of having bebbehs

[marrythebed]

P.s. It just gets better and better. And this is despite the torture, fer christ's sake.

[honey_wheeler]

Yeesh, not fun. At least you know that the haze of memory will eventually render all of this a brief, blurry period of your life?