I have read today that the first year of the baby's life is very stressful on the parents.
Stress, depression, sleep depravation.
Dipers and feeding every 2 hours of the night, etc...
Since seems like the bulk of the effort will be falling up on me, I am preparing for the effort. I am entirely not sure what to think about the idea of stay-at-home dad. Will we eventually send off the baby to the daycare, yes, probably.
I am sure I want to help as much as I can for the first 2 months to let my wife re-bounce back to good health and to rest. We will see what to do later.
I hope I will experience the baby carrying as a good practice for myself. I hope I will grow mentaly and spiritually.
Remember the buddhist marathon monks of the Mount Hiei raising up after midnight and running 80 km daily.
apt quotation..
“A man should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” by Robert A. Heinlein (author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer)
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