Living the Dream

Our little trooper is officially a week old!  Besides time deficits, lack of sleep, and an extreme tension up on my neck and shoulders, there are a few insights that I always hear but never realized how literal the fact is until now.

Without thinking too far ahead, 2 weeks off was all that I anticipated before our little boy was born.  And what sort of "Fantasy" did I see myself doing for these time off?  Nothing much, "taking care of the little guy, my wife, job hunting, resting here and there, and maybe I can squeeze in a bit of time to make progress for my apps once again".  Sounds reasonable right?  Even if i can't do all of the above on a daily basis, how about spread them to 2 days?  Well, dream on!  How about never! lol

The term "Taking Care" apparently isn't all that easy, especially if the subject is a baby (Trust me, I'm not a douchebag who does nothing but whining, and I have a VERY good understanding of what the term "taking care" means).  A baby, depending on their development and size of their organs, he/she needs to be fed every 2-3 hours.  As I haven't had the experience in feeding a baby before, it was news to me that average feeding time of our boy can take at least half an hour.  And diaper change?  Depending on the fuzziness (mentally) of our boy, if we don't catch him at the right time for the diaper change, what suppose a one time event can take up to 3 times more...  Of course that is only for the feeding and diaper changing part of our little guy, other time slots I also need to check on my wife to make sure she's in good both physical and mental state.

What I'm trying to say is... *talk about timing, continuing where I left off 2 hours ago for feeding our boy, changing his diaper, and taking care of other businesses*..., time is always at the essence, need not to fantasize what other activities you may achieve, taking care of the baby and my wife is already (and always will be ) my highest priority, as I do love them both very very much.