[kermitology]

You will probably lose a couple of friends. They won't understand or will just stop talking to you after kids, or maybe they resent you not coming out more often. But family is important. You're a support structure for the first year minimum, so if it doesn't seem like you have much direct work to do, that's pretty normal.

Kids are awesome little creatures who are terrible a lot of the time and will test the limits of your patience and the limit you thought you had for love.

It's a weird thing.. also, if you hate yourself sometimes, that's also normal. We don't talk that much about the negative things that can happen to you as a new parent, and sometimes you feel shamed for not cherishing every moment. I think that's normal thinking.