A 2-hour and a 3-hour segment of sleep last night made for a long day today.
Going to bed early is something quite “new” for me and one of the things that will continue to take some “getting used to” as this whole Fatherhood thing continues on.
When I got home today it was a beautiful thing to enjoy burping Ella as she released her last few gulps of “dinner” onto my clean shirt! I spent a few hours with Jess and Ella before heading back to my weekly Bible Study group where I had to confess my being nearly a MONTH behind in our weekly readings! A MONTH! They were shocked. I had to buy the sodas around the table (a “punishment” we set up early in our founding). It was good to be back with the guys again enjoying their fellowship and God’s Word together with like-minded brothers.
Tonight Ella decided to “vocalize” her dislike of going to bed before Mommy and Daddy.
This is NOT the first time, of course, but it brings into question this thought – Will the feeling of needing to “make things better” for my daughter when she is screaming her tiny little head off, suddenly or gradually go away? Obviously, if her little hand was in a door-jam or she was being fed something too hot, etc., the instant reaction is AND SHOULD be to help her quickly, but the “I’m vocalizing my dislike of this thing” (tonight it is sleeping – tomorrow, who knows) – when will that get easier to “ignore”? Will it ever?
Some have said it will. Some have said that they knew those who DIDN’T “get over” those useless cries and kept themselves only 2-inches from their baby at all times.
Have I mentioned lately just how life-chaning fatherhood has been thus far?
3-weeks and already my life is COMPLETELY different than it was even that morning of Ella’s birth!
I need some sleep and some time to talk about the day with my wife. She is a beautiful woman, ya know.
(this is the first post in a while without a picture of Ella – but as always, you can see a daily-updated photo of our darling daughter at www.ellasheets.com!)
