This is difficult

This whole baby thing is some really hard work. Don't get me wrong ... it's definitely worth it. But it's not easy.

Amanda's working really hard to be there for Nathaniel all day. I'm working really hard to be there for him when I'm not at work. But it leaves so little time to be there for each other. Not to mention how difficult it is to focus on all the things that need to get done (whether it's at work or at home) when I'm getting more and more exhausted.

The result is me being quicker to become bothered about things, which certainly doesn't help get things done more smoothly at work or at home. (Just last week, I asked a longtime friend to stop commenting on this blog in such a flippant manner ... haven't heard from him since).

I'm not sure when I'll be adjusting to all this. And I know once I adjust, everything will change again anyway, so I really need to learn pretty quickly how to adjust on the fly. And I'm working on it ... I assure Amanda, Nathaniel and everyone else that I'm working on it.

On a lighter note

Just so nobody thinks I'm getting too serious about everything, here's a happy Nathaniel update: He's doing great. We've moved on to our second box of diapers in the past week, which means he went through about 200 diapers in his first month home.

I think I mentioned in my very first post that the Baby Bargain Book mentions 600 diapers being needed for the first six weeks. Nathaniel's numbers are skewed because he spent his first two weeks in the hospital, but unless he went through 400 diapers in that time, I think the 600 number was a little high.

We've also moved from Luvs diapers back to Pampers (we bought Luvs before he was born, but they used Pampers at the hospital). Pampers have a nicer elasticity on the connecting tape keeping tape from getting stuck to Nathaniel's leg. Even though they're a little pricier, we're sticking with the Pampers.