i'd love to tell you all about this experience of my being a new father except i'm not sure where to even begin. is there even time to process it all or be still in between all the crying, feedings, burpings, rocking, changings? and that's just me. well, almost three weeks later, i'm still standing.
we just don't picture in our minds the all work involved in having a child. we just ooh and aww at all the cuteness. babies are definitely cute no doubt -- especially mine. wink. wink. we're better parents before we actually become parents. it's already time to start building habits into his life like helping him sleep on his back. jayden loves sleeping on daddy's chest on his tummy. however, daddy will never get any sleep that way or worst yet, drop his little precious some point 4am in the morning. already, i'm spoiling him. i'll put him down in his sleeper and moments later he'll get fussy which means he's not going to sleep. i need to show him that it's night time and people sleep - on their backs.
so here's the lesson: rather than taking the easy way out for the short term satisfaction, allowing him to sleep on my chest for the duration of the night just so he'll stop fussing, crying and just simply sleep, i'll have to keep putting him down in the sleeper each and every time throughout the night even if he'll fuss all night so that he'll learn to not be attached to me, sleep in his own bed and on his back at night. this may take many nights.
kinda reminds me of a scene in top gun, is maverick going to fly again? we'll just "keep sending him up". there may be some places in our lives where we'd like to be comfortable or that we default to because it's just plain easier but God may have other plans to kick that habit out of our lives and push us to be stretched to grow.
as new parents, we can't really complain. overall, jayden's a very good baby in my opinion. he doesn't cry throughout the night. we actually get some moments of rest. gosh darnnit, even when he does something unpleasant, he's just so cute that we're won over. and now we know some things that he can't stand like, being naked, getting his diaper changed, being hungry very long and of course sleeping on his back.
action-hero quiz...
thanks to my boy dan i came across this action hero quiz to get my mind fixed on something else. here were my results ----
 | You scored as Maximus. After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus's assassins. He became a gladiator, hoping to dominate the colosseum in order to one day get the chance of killing Commodus. Maximus is valiant, courageous, and dedicated. He wants nothing more than the chance to avenge his family, but his temper often gets the better of him.
Which Action Hero Would You Be? v. 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com |
posted by affectionate @ 11/19/2005 10:29:00 PM
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