The things you learn as a parent.
I am nine months into parenthood and I have learned more than I ever thought I would. The love you can have for your child is just remarkable.I think if people wait too long or decide not to have a child, they are just selfish. If they only knew how amazing it is to have a kid they wouldn't have made the choice they did. Preston and I always thing about how life was before Logan and we cant think of what we were doing or how things were because our life is just filled now with so much love and entertainment.
Letting your baby learn to self soothe. Its been the worst thing ever for me. I hate to hear Logan cry. I think its the motherly instinct. But I don't like this process. The Pediatrician told me to let him cry and learn to self soothe and fall back asleep. I did put him down last night and he cried for about 35 mins before he fell asleep. Then I didn't hear him wake up during the night. I don't know if it was because I turned down the baby monitor or if it was because he just didn't get up. But at 6:15 he was awake and crying and hungry. We usually get up at 7, but I knew he didn't eat a lot before bed so I knew he was hungry. I got up and got him and I could tell that he was so happy to see me that he held me tight and kept holding me during the morning, just to make sure I wouldn't leave his side. He cried when i would put him down to change his clothes because he thought I was putting him down for bed. I think it was a little scary for him, but I think he will learn over time that it is ok.
Sick kids aren't any fun. As a parent you are so helpless, especially with infants who cant talk and tell you whats wrong. Logan has had 2 different colds within 3 weeks of each other. He is at the tail end of the cold and I hope he doesn't get another any time soon.
I could go on forever and I wish I had some sort of device to write my thoughts when I think them because I always think stuff i would love to write down in the most random places.
