Well, there was a time when I worried that having a child would dominate the blog.
As it turns out, having a child dominates my time, making doing anything on the blog kind of hard. I do have plenty of time to reflect on things that might be interesting… and then talk myself out of posting them…
I have a few observations I wanted to remember someday, so I will share here.
- Hannah, in this phase at least, cries just like people sometimes write it “whaaa whaaa whaaa” I never thought about a baby putting the ‘W’ on there, but she really does. It kind of drives home the infant part of her I suppose
- Turning down the lights at night may not make Hannah sleepy, but it really knocks me out… so far she has always fallen asleep first though 🙂
- I realized how soothing music can be for me, and wanted to sing to Hannah as part of our bedtime ritual, and quickly discovered that I cannot remember any “bedtime” songs.
- She doesn’t seem to mind that we repeat the same three or four songs over and over
- Those songs are basically all hymns, but they are the only kind of song I can pull off without some music or something to follow
- My vocal cords really aren’t up to the task of singing as much as Hannah would like. I suppose I will build some endurance, or maybe she will learn to be content with just one pass through dad’s entire repertoire.
I suspect these things may not be as profound a year from now, but it’s something, and I enjoy taking a minute to reflect. We talk to parents with kids nearing two and they can’t seem to remember a single detail from the “not yet crawling” phase, so I guess there is a never ending stream of new experiences awaiting us in the days ahead.
-Jordan
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