Re: [MLUG] baby!

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Dave Lloyd wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
>
> > Congratulations.
> >
> > Like everyone else says, a baby is a LOT of work, but the experience is
> > extremely rewarding.  My recommendation is to get very involved (e.g. changing
> > daipers, feeding the baby, putting them to sleep, comforting them when they
> > cry, wiping up the milky puke, etc, etc).  I was forced into doing this by my
> > wife, and at the time I really didn't enjoy it, but now I have a really great
> > bond with my kids, which I count as one of the great treasures in my life.
>
>
> I absolutely agree.  Unfortunately, during Gus's first six months I had
> a 50-70% travel job, so I missed a good deal of this.  

I was forced to get very heavily involved with our second child, because 
my wife was seriously ill after her birth.  I must admit that I didn't 
do it perfectly (e.g. I was feeding the baby with her on my lap, while I 
was surfing the internet).  Now I have an extremely strong bond with my 
daughter, a blessing which was more or less forced upon me.

My daughter had very delayed development, and so I had a lot of guilt 
about surfing the internet whilst feeding her.  But quite likely the 
delayed development was something else.  I got her a lot of therapy 
through the Autism Project of Mid-Missouri run by Matt Stoelb in Lewis 
and Clark Hall (he was featured in a recent Missouri alumni magazine), 
and this helped her tremendously.

One of the things I remember was when she was about 2 years old, she 
loved to sit on my lap and gaze into my eyes.  I would shake my head 
gently from side to side, and she would mimic me, with a huge smile on 
her face.

Stephen

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