Jan 16
With only just a year of experiencing our little babsy, I’ve come to realize a few things about being a dad and having a baby.
- Babies grow up unbelievably fast. One moment, they’re stationary and helpless, and the next, they’re everywhere, every time, wrecking everything!
- No matter what the new moms or dads say, babies are so much easier to take care of when they’re still young and helpless. Babysitting becomes exponentially more difficult whenever they learn new skills like walking, food throwing, spitting, etc.
- Mommies are amazingly vulnerable to baby smiles and hugs. No matter how mad Andrea gets at Mateo for breaking things, she can never stay mad at him especially when he comes over to hug her while flashing his cute smile. (They’re any supermom’s kryptonite!)
- Anything can be a toy! If you just had the imagination, everything from miniature cars, to balls, to vases, to scratch papers, remote controllers, socks, keys, even up to calculators can be used for playing basketball or soccer.
- Only mommies are allowed to scold or get angry at the babies. Whenever I get mad at Mateo for doing things, andrea always calls my attention, but when Mateo bites her, she calls his attention.
- No matter how much you lure them to you with play, babies will naturally go to mama first (mommy-dependent). I asked andrea once how come mateo never clings on to me as much as he clings on to her. With a grin, she answered me quickly – Grow some boobs first!
- There is no way to baby-proof a house a hundred percent. Babies will always find ways to hurt themselves, no matter how silly or how seemingly impossible those methods are.
- There is no such thing as an 8-hour sleep for daddies and mommies. Regardless of how much milk or food you give them before sleeping, they will always wake up in the middle of the night to ask for more.
- Babies without diapers are erratically ticking time bombs. It’s not a question of if they will make a mess, but rather of when they’re going to make a mess.
- It takes a great deal of creativity, enormous amount of self-control, and limitless patience to become a dad (even more so to become a mom!) but it’s all worth it!
I’m not an expert in taking care of babies, nor am I vowing to become one. I’m just a year wiser than I was before – not yet a guru but not anymore a novice. Hehe! All thanks to my andrea and, of course, mateo.