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Originally Posted by fotze
I am one of the few that will agree with this post. Sure the numbers are exaggerated for humor. Our first was quite a pain in the ass and I really didn't find much enjoyable about the first 6 months at all. The second has been much easier, more because he is easier and more because you aren't so scared of killing it. Before we would boil all the stuff, probably have boiled things less than 5 times with the second. A dropped soother would be boiled, now it is wiped off on your underarm.
I have said that babies are unfinished humans and think they come out of the womb one year before they are really ready. Their digestive systems don't work yet, they can't see, they are basically vegetables for the first couple months. A tiger comes out and can hunt down and antelope within a week. A human takes 15 years before they can wash their balls correctly. (My tiger story probably isn't very accurate)
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I agree 100% with the first part at least. Our first, a daughter, turns three this month. From day one she was colicky and really demanding. She hardly slept. We hardly slept. She was cute and all but man what a pain.
Our second was born in June last year. He's the opposite in almost every way imaginable. So easy-going. Hardly cries. Sleeps pretty well. We abandoned most of what we had been told for the first one. Nothing gets boiled, he eats whatever he wants, the dog French kissed him last night, etc. I can't help but wonder if us being less neurotic around him has lead to him being so laid back.
We were lamenting the other day when the last time we went to a pub for wings and a beer with friends or saw a movie in the theatre. All those things that used to be fun for us seem so far away now.
Then there's figuring out child care. That reality just smacked us in the face this weekend. In order to pay for childcare for both of my kids, my wife is going to have to go back to work full time. More than half her wage each month is going to go towards covering child care expenses alone. She's going to work 80 hours a month just so she can afford to work the other 80 hours. Lame.