Well it happened. I'm a dad. It's been alomost two months now and it is great. I was worried handling the baby because I had absolutely no baby interaction before this. I got over the initial "I'm gonna break him" worry pretty quick. Maybe this was due to his size.
He crossed the 15 lbs mark and from talking with other people who have babies, he is comparable to e 3-4 month old. This definately shows because none of his footed PJ's fit him. With some of the pj's we have he can't straighten his legs out because they are too short. so we've had to retire a whole bunch and go in search of new 6-9 month ones.
In the past week he has found his voice. I can talk to him and he'll start making noises. Before all he would be doing was grunting when he was eating or when he was freaking out. Now these are pleasant noises. He also has started smiling when you talk with him and make certain noises. I never thought that I would get so much enjoyment sitting on the floor and making noises with my son. I could do this for hours. Unfortunately, he has about a 30 minute tolerance before he a) gets angry, b) gets hungry, or c)gets really angry.
He has been the best baby ever. He doesn't cry much, only when he's hungry. The hardest part is if a bottle isn't ready, he may start freaking out and it takes a little work to calm him down before he will take the bottle. I can't complain though because that as bad as its gotten. I don't have any horror stories to share because he has been so happy. My only fear is that someday he will decide that he's been too easy on his parents and become difficult to handle.
