Re: [MLUG] baby!

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> 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 wife had to get her gall bladder out 6 weeks after our son was born.
I have to say I got an experience that not many dad's get, exclusive
care of a very young child.  It was an absolutely eye opening experience
and, while it was difficult, it was absolutely rewarding.  It also gave
me a real appreciation for what my wife did on a day in-day out basis.

> 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.

You mean like this?
http://www.davelloyd.com/gallery/guspotd/IMG_0560

--dlloyd

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