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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
You will change your tune when they are mid-teens and baby/toddler photos memories pop up on your iphone (or whatever Android equivalent). I miss those days all much, much more now as the crying and diaper changing is all part of the journey.
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This is where I’m at. We have twins, so with a 1:1 infant to adult ratio it was all-in from day one. It was intense and tiring. But the stressful parts were balanced with the bonding and joy of babies and toddlers that you don’t get from anything else. As I’d remark to my wife when she grumbled about our kids crawling into bed with us early in the a.m. when they were toddlers, there will come a time when you’ll give anything to go back and live these days.
We were fortunate to have a lot of support from parents who could help out, and from a network of close friends going through the same stage of life. I think child-rearing is tough for a lot of couples in a city like Calgary when they’ve moved here as adults and don’t have a strong support network.