Beautifully hard
Their fingers and toes are so small and perfect. All their little features. Their coos. The way they can snuggle. Babies look so cute...
And then there's the fact that they don't know when to sleep and not sleep. The fact that they can't talk yet, so the only way they can communicate is crying. And then nursing! And then there's the whole aspect of how a baby's born. It's all hard. None of it is easy. It's painful. I'm writing this as a man that doesn't experience physically any of the painful aspects of the last couple things here (nursing and delivery). I would describe the whole new child experience as beautifully hard. There are pieces of a new child that are absolutely beautiful even parts of delivery, but at the same time, there are parts of even that part that are really hard.
My wife and I are thankful to have a good relationship with both of our parents and have them both living within a few blocks so we can get lots of help right now with a newborn and two other kids under 5. Right now we're able to get a little break from the other two kids as my mom took them to church with her while we rest at home today.
And then there's the fact that they don't know when to sleep and not sleep. The fact that they can't talk yet, so the only way they can communicate is crying. And then nursing! And then there's the whole aspect of how a baby's born. It's all hard. None of it is easy. It's painful. I'm writing this as a man that doesn't experience physically any of the painful aspects of the last couple things here (nursing and delivery). I would describe the whole new child experience as beautifully hard. There are pieces of a new child that are absolutely beautiful even parts of delivery, but at the same time, there are parts of even that part that are really hard.
My wife and I are thankful to have a good relationship with both of our parents and have them both living within a few blocks so we can get lots of help right now with a newborn and two other kids under 5. Right now we're able to get a little break from the other two kids as my mom took them to church with her while we rest at home today.