Last night I had the honour of stopping by a very close friend’s house to see the new addition to the family. Baby Mia was born on Labour Day. How’s that? In labour on Labour Day. Definitely made me giggle. So there we were with my friend’s 7 pound baby and of course the girlfriend fawned all over her for the first bit. She is very cute and I learned what a finger condom is. If you don’t know it is what is taking the place of a pacifier in some circles. Basically you stick a little finger condom on your finger and jam your finger into the baby’s mouth. I will say it worked amazingly. The reaction on the family members applying the finger was priceless. Very impressive how strong the suction can be on a new born.
Have you ever just sat back and admired how life begins? Have you taken a look at how fragile we are in the beginning? How dependent and how needy? This is how we all start out. With crap coming out of our diapers and up your back, crying all the time when the littlest thing goes wrong. But you ask any parent, what would you change? They would all say nothing. Well maybe they could do without the crap up the back and in every tiny wrinkle of skin imaginable, but basically they wouldn’t change anything. Why should they? Someone had to suffer through yours and my crap filled diapers and whining. It definitely changes you as a person. Gives you a whole different perspective on life. I know the birth of my daughter changed the direction I was headed. Which was a nowhere unemployed bum. Now it wasn’t just me throwing my life away. Every decision I was about to make would affect the life I had helped bring into the world. How could I live with myself, or be so selfish to just piss away my life when this fragile, tiny baby was just at the beginning of her journey? To just continue on the road I was on which led to nowhere. It doesn’t happen overnight but it will hit you. Someone is counting on you now.
I owe a lot to my daughter, besides the crap up the back discovery. But does she owe a lot to me? Nope. It’s my responsibility as a parent to provide and guide her as best I can. I know some people are scared to have children because it is a life changing event. But it is not negative….just different. Ask any parent. The upside is ten times greater than any possible downside. I can tell you honestly, would I change a thing? Not a thing. And I would do it all over again in a second.
