First Child

Having a child is an amazing experience. I can't believe how much he changes everyday. He is only two weeks old and I am already overwhelmed in amazement. His little personality is already beginning to shine. I love being close to him, holding him, talking to him. Since the wife is breast feeding, there is not a lot that I can do when it comes to really providing for him, so I am bonding with him by giving him his baths, changing diapers, dressing him, comforting him, burping him. What ever I can do to build that relationship.

I was talking to my neighbor who also just had a baby. He commented to me how he doesn't do anything with his kid, because she just needs her mom right now till she is older. I thought this was so sad, he is missing out on so much. Last night I was giving "E" a bath and he was fussy cause he was a little constipated, so we are bathing it up and he just lets it go in his bath water. I mean infant poo everywhere. I am a little freaked out at this point, being that I have never dealt with something like this before. I don't want him bathing in poop water. So I pick him up and somehow manage to undress myself with one hand, while simultaneously running water into the tub and we hop in and get him all cleaned up. It was just a really neat experience. Thank God for a handsome little boy!