Baby, Baby

Everyone tells you how a baby changes everything. It’s hard to imagine how much until one actually arrives. You also don’t realize how much your patience can increase until the baby comes.

As a kid, I used to wonder how my parents seemed to be OK to watch parts of anything on TV whereas we kids felt the world would end if we missed a minute of anything. Now I know: a baby would have changed their normal viewing to a point where they no longer expect to be able to see anything continuously!

We’d wanted to see Mission Impossible 4 the weekend the baby arrived. Now we don’t know when we’ll see our next movie in a theater. Same for eating out. An uninterrupted night’s sleep is now a distant memory. The occasional puke and spit on your clothes is to be expected. Midnight feeds are now a part of life.

But a baby (girl) also teaches you a lot about women. Like why women can’t communicate clearly. Now I know: a baby girl has a single sound for everything: crying. And that’s when you realize what an advanced form of communication most women can do. Sure, we guys still don’t get it, but the female of the species sure has come a long way in her ability (attempt?) to communicate since baby-hood. Same with clothes: trust me, your girl friend/wife doesn’t change clothes as many times as a baby (girl). Bottomline, the next time you curse women, remember how far they’ve come from the time they were babies!

A baby also gets away with things we guys can’t. You burp a baby deliberately, but let a guy burp and see how the woman reacts! Anything a baby does is cute and adorable, specially to its grandparents. Even impressive at times. Unfortunately, the bar keeps getting raised as we get older.

A baby is also a great way to (finally) make your wife (and her parents) realize that she (the wife) is not a baby! Move over, lady, there’s a new baby in town.

There’s nothing like the sound and sight of a baby having fun. It’s so contagious and makes you so happy. Who needs nirvana once you’ve experienced this?

Comments

  1. KumarDecember 23, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Well expressed. Those who have gone through the process can appreciate all this much more than others.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    The part about the baby girl teaching about women is so wrong. Whether its a boy or a girl they all are the same upto a certain age. Show me a baby boy who doesnt need as many change of clothing as a baby girl, and I will show you a lying parent!

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