Sorry, more anecdotes about our alienbaby...
My mom sent me the old mobile I used to have above my crib.
So I immediately set it up for our kid. Of course, since we have
a futon and not a crib I had to attach it to the bookcase at the head of the futon.
He seems to really love it, now that he's just starting to be able to follow things with his eyes.
No matter how may times I rewind it and play it, he just stares at it wide-eyed and every once in a while
gives sort of a surprised laugh.
I wonder what is going through his head...
"Oh my god its a blue bird! And a yellow one! A blue one again! There's so many of them! Where are they going!
My rooms going to be filled with color birds! Holy $%&!!
Probably something like that.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
First Two Months
Well its been almost two months since Eli was born so I thought I'd write a bit about what it like and all that stuff.
I almost wrote "what fatherhood is like" but it still seems weird referring to myself as a father. It honestly still hasn't
sunk in totally. Every once in a while it suddenly pops in my head, 'hey! I'm a dad!' One thing I can say though is that before he was born I was worried that I wouldn't have time to do the things that I wanted anymore. And well, I don't, but it doesn't seem to bother me. I haven't even really thought about it. Maybe part of it is just sleep deprivation (I sort of remember what a full nights sleep is like...) but its actually fun to have a kid. Except when he cries. Then I'm like dude stop crying! But does he stop? No. What the %&#%?
But we're getting used to that too. The first few weeks we both freaked out every time he cried. "What the $&# do we do! What's wrong with him!" I think we finally realized that crying doesn't mean he's going to die or something.
Here's some general observations I've had:
1. Your own child really is the cutest child on Earth.
2. I always repeat for some reason any sound he makes.
3. Japanese people really like towels (more on that next time).
4. Babies are really really heavy.
5. I don't know any children's songs (so I've been singing him Tom Waits. This doesn't really count as an observation does it...)
6. Baby pooh isn't that gross (not yet anyway)
7. Diapers are harder to change than they look.
8. Giving a baby a bath is harder than it looks. (But maybe thats just because Eli moves so much! It's like the kid is constantly trying run, laying down)
Next week: Towels!
I almost wrote "what fatherhood is like" but it still seems weird referring to myself as a father. It honestly still hasn't
sunk in totally. Every once in a while it suddenly pops in my head, 'hey! I'm a dad!' One thing I can say though is that before he was born I was worried that I wouldn't have time to do the things that I wanted anymore. And well, I don't, but it doesn't seem to bother me. I haven't even really thought about it. Maybe part of it is just sleep deprivation (I sort of remember what a full nights sleep is like...) but its actually fun to have a kid. Except when he cries. Then I'm like dude stop crying! But does he stop? No. What the %&#%?
But we're getting used to that too. The first few weeks we both freaked out every time he cried. "What the $&# do we do! What's wrong with him!" I think we finally realized that crying doesn't mean he's going to die or something.
Here's some general observations I've had:
1. Your own child really is the cutest child on Earth.
2. I always repeat for some reason any sound he makes.
3. Japanese people really like towels (more on that next time).
4. Babies are really really heavy.
5. I don't know any children's songs (so I've been singing him Tom Waits. This doesn't really count as an observation does it...)
6. Baby pooh isn't that gross (not yet anyway)
7. Diapers are harder to change than they look.
8. Giving a baby a bath is harder than it looks. (But maybe thats just because Eli moves so much! It's like the kid is constantly trying run, laying down)
Next week: Towels!
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