And now there are three… sad to say it's been almost a year since my last post (at least I didn't let it go a whole year), what better time to pick it back up than when going through “new father” all over again. When you go through it again after it's been three years, you kind of take it for granted. I feel like we weren't as in to the pregnancy this time or didn't pay as much attention for whatever reason; we've been through it before, other kids take up time, everything else going on in life, etc. One thing that kept me into it more toward the end was how the kids acted toward it. They were always asking about the baby, "what is the baby saying," they'd ask daily, or wanting to see mom's belly. Toward the end I started taking notice more, how big my wife's belly got, watching it move. It's still just an amazing and mesmerizing thing... there's a baby in there! You can see it moving around. I still wish we somehow got some video of a (tactfully covered up) moving belly to share with others and remember years down the road, as you never know if another pregnancy will come. Either way, once the baby comes there is no loss of attention toward it. So here we are, again. New life, new parents, an abruptly interrupted schedule and trying to remember how we did it all the first time, just with the two previous babies running all around the house!
So as the posts start to come again, you'll get a lot of new dad stuff. Invite someone you know who's going through or about to go through having a newborn to join the discussion for insight and to bring some input from their own experience. As always, all you experienced dad's out there, feel free to reminisce and share your own tips. I'll be needing them!
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