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Catching up
I realize that I have not written down much about life with the baby in a while. My apologies. I can tell you - time is becoming very limited with a baby around. In the next few weeks I will fill you in on (almost) everything that happened since my last posting in June. Please make sure you go back and check out the updates as they happen.
I think my wife and I totally under-estimated the impact of how it is to have a baby. We had talked to many parents before having the baby and we also read many books about pregnancy and having a baby. We thought we knew what to expect but I would say we were far off with our "guesstimates". It sometimes makes the impression that nobody really likes to talk about the 'dark' side of things when having a baby. Is our society putting so much pressure on new parents that everything has to appear as perfect at all times? Over the last few months some of our friends who had babies a while before we had Logan suddenly admitted that (example) their baby did not want to sleep during the day, too. Or that it took them 7 months before their baby slept through the night.
Before we had heard these things we thought we would do something wrong. Was it possible that our baby was the only not sleeping through the night after 3 months? Did our baby was the only that did not want to sleep during the day at all? From this writing you can tell - some things just did not turn out as expected and with this said there were quite some hard times around in our house. And as we found out - not everything is perfect in other families, too. Don't worry if your baby does not sleep through the night after 3 months. That is perfectly normal. Yes, it is stressful but there is nothing wrong with it - no matter how many magazines or books or other parents try to convince you otherwise.
Well, we survived so far and enjoy having our little baby boy "Logan". The good moments make up for the stressful moments before. Come back soon to read more about our experiences. Again, sorry for the delay in updates. We will make up for this.
Christoph & Simone Puetz
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