So I was surprised the other day when the family was going out to dinner and even though Brian offered, I wanted to stay at home with the baby because, "it would be a nice break." When Kalena was a newborn I didn't EVER want Brian to leave the house; for the first few weeks it actually made me anxious to be alone with her. Now I find it relaxing to be alone with a newborn? Definitely more relaxing than trying to feed dinner to a toddler in a restaurant. Also, when it was just Kalena, I spent lots of time thinking, "I'll do that when Kalena is sleeping." Kalena NEVER slept enough to get all the things on that list done, but I still thought it ALL THE TIME. Now? I find myself thinking, "well, might as well do it now since I'll never have a minute to myself for the REST OF MY LIFE." I think I'm actually more productive with two kids than I was with one. (Not that I set the bar that high...) Any big perspective changes you had after having kids?
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Funny how kids change your perspective
Obviously life changes when you have a child. And when life changes, your perspective changes. You have to adjust to a new "normal." For instance, I never thought I would think of 7 am as sleeping in but these days it DEFINITELY is. But I did not realize how much things would change again with a second child. I guess I figured the big adjustment was from not being a parent to being a parent.
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I don't have any, so I can't offer anything deep (not that I ever do).
ReplyDeleteAdjusting to one was really hard for me! Nora seems like such a breeze! It is funny that when Leah was tiny it seemed like such a pain to leave the house and now when I only have to take Nora somewhere it is no trouble at all.
ReplyDeletePhillip and I fought over who would get to do the "baby work" as opposed to the "Jack work." The baby just LAID AROUND. SO EASY.
ReplyDeleteI think I've had many over the last two years, but none so enlightening as the one I had today -- I only 'had' one baby, but I've got three kids. The husband and the dog count as the other 2. Life's a lot of work nowadays. -Amy
ReplyDeleteDitto to your post. Mornings are best, one baby is relaxing, and 7 a.m. is sleeping in like CRAZY!
ReplyDeleteAlso, it changed my perspective on parents. Turns out, we're all just mucking through as best we can, and we just need to give each other a BREAK and a big ol' pat on the back. Turns out, parenting is tough and there's no instruction manual! Who knew?