I’m re-entering baby mode and the baby is learning daddy time ain’t no joke, we got work to do. First thing this morning I had the little princess help with planting the new grape vines, she could hardly move a bag of soil and I got the small ones. Without much help I got the grapes in the ground. The real workout for baby has been some neck exercises, she’s got a tight muscle in her neck pulling her head to the left. We’re working to loosen the tightness and strengthen the rest of the neck, that means lots of old fashioned tummy time. The little princess is a champ though and hardly ever complains, she does cry more with dad than mom, I figured it’s because I’ll leave her alone for longer periods. Baby mode is different than other walks of life since she’s only awake for about an hour at a time. A lot has to happen in that hour, usually feeding and changing a diaper at minimum. Then the cycle repeats, that’s maddening part, doing the same routine five times in a day. When I have down time with her asleep I’m left disoriented, time is a mystery and the only hour that matters is when the next nap is. There is a high level of focus I feel when caring for a baby, my eyes get strained starring at the target intensely. For awhile I’ve been working on my theory that raising levels of anxiety and ADHD are a result of less people having kids or waiting until they’re older. It seems to me that caring for a baby regulates that stuff, if you’re taking the job seriously, I even take deep breaths whenever I get a smell of baby to satisfy any subconscious chemical reactions.
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