re: What Is It Like Being a Parent?

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I have a 5 month old. I haven't slept in 5 months.

Its awesome and the feeling when he was born was indescribable, but hot damn I'm ready for him to be just a little self-sufficient.

3 things that have been incredible for us:
-My wife is an incredible mother

-My son is a healthy baby and sleeps well

-We have committed ourselves to not being held hostage by our kid, meaning that we still go out to dinner a lot and get babysitters so we can go to concerts, etc. Even when you're dead tired, its important to continue enjoying life.

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The most joy we get right now is watching him change. It seems every day he has new "trick" like reaching for us to pick him up, giggling in a new way, holding his own bottle, etc. You start to notice the slightest of changes and maturation. Very cool stuff

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All of this, we also have a 5 month old.

No single aspect of having a baby is tough. It's not tough to change a diaper, give him a bottle or get up at 2AM. But holy frick do that over and over and over the totality of a bunch of little things adds up sooner than you can imagine and you're absolutely exhausted.