Life with a newborn, well for the lack of better phrasing, has been full of changes. Such a clichéd rant from a newborn’s parents right? Well, that’s because that’s the only way to describe the experience. Gone are the days, well nights really that we could stay up to watch movie marathons, now they are filled with a wailing infant, the scramble to get ready for a feeding session, trying to keep the infant quiet when you have to get a bottle ready if the mother feed session wasn’t enough.
The first change was trying to adapt to the fact that I’m now responsible for a whole new human. The same human who doesn’t even respond to my voice and would rather calm down to her father’s and my father’s voice!! (Jealousy much?... Just a tiny smidgen)
My baby (TW: Filmy dialogue incoming) whom I bore for 9 months has decided to be born as a clone of her father. So, I naturally hoped she has the temperament of the man as well. But, no she had to take after me in the attitude area. The eyerolls and bombastic side eyes from a 40 day old have had me rolling in laughter and fear for my BP as I realise I have to handle my own personality in a tinier form for the rest of my life.
Ohh and lets not forget the conversations I have started having with my friends. Being one of the last few to have kids in my circle, the conversations have flat out taken a u-turn from being focused on gadgets, food, outings with friends and work stuff to be fully focused on what does the "particular shade of yellow" poop indicate, how to calm her down when she’s channeling her inner Mandrake, and other “fun” conversations.
Conversations at the homefront are no different, just with more vivid details. The focus has shifted from which vacation spot to go with the money from the annual RD to which investment fund to put it in to save for her future.
My search history has taken a 180 turn from being about different tech terms, movies, series and actors to a constant phrasing of “Is this…. normal for a newborn?” I have been told this will continue for the next 3 years with the age section getting updated as time goes.
Time for personal care has been null as expected and as I was warned repeatedly. The postpartum blues are yet to hit because of the honeymoon period and because of the support system. I'm guessing we will know more after the fourth trimester is over and the baby becomes older, with lesser support available.
