baby blues
Posted on January 30, 2007
We finally brought our baby home. After staying in my parents’ house in QC for almost 2 weeks, Ramil and I decided to go back to our place in Taytay and really start the nitty-gritty of family life. Another reason is Ramil’s paternity leave which ended last Friday.
So yesterday, Ramil went to school and I was left with Mateo. My life right now is doing baby duty almost 24/7. Mateo’s schedule leaves very little for anything else. Add my frustration regarding breastfeeding and it’s my bet I am suffering from the baby blues.
Life as we know it, has ended. We are no longer the carefree couple we used to be. No more eating out whenever we don’t feel like cooking. No more dvd marathons. No more late night outs. No more lounging in bed until noon. No more uninterrupted 8-hour sleeps. Really, nothing can prepare anyone for this. Noone who hasn’t had a baby can fully grasp how difficult it is when somebody describes how it will be. That a small creature could take over two people’s lives completely. Books say it will payoff. When you see that first smile meant specially for you. When you hear the first ‘mama’ or ‘dada’. When you hear that first laugh. When you go through each and every milestone of your baby and you are there to experience it with him.
Life as we know it, has ended. We are no longer the carefree couple we used to be. No more eating out whenever we don’t feel like cooking. No more dvd marathons. No more late night outs. No more lounging in bed until noon. No more uninterrupted 8-hour sleeps. Really, nothing can prepare anyone for this. Noone who hasn’t had a baby can fully grasp how difficult it is when somebody describes how it will be. That a small creature could take over two people’s lives completely. Books say it will payoff. When you see that first smile meant specially for you. When you hear the first ‘mama’ or ‘dada’. When you hear that first laugh. When you go through each and every milestone of your baby and you are there to experience it with him.
Even when Mateo was still inside me, Ramil and I would constantly joke about selling the little guy when it gets too difficult for us. The joke has had more mention now than ever. Hehe! But we will wait. For that first smile. For those first words. For that first laugh. For all those firsts. Then we will see.
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