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for the most part my life right now revolves around gunnar. i guess that’s how parenthood works, right? and i am not at all complaining. his mom brought him to town on sunday evening on her way back to grand forks and she dropped him off with me. it was our first time staying over night together and, no doubt, i was nervous. i have limited baby experience to begin with and certainly no overnight baby experience. he was so good all night though and i could not have asked for a better first time. we put him down at about 9:30 and he slept all the way until 2:30 before he woke up. i didn’t really sleep at all before that. i was so anxious for him to wake up and so nervous that i would sleep through it. so i stayed on the couch nearby and every time he made any noise i would jump up and check on him to see if he was awake. he only woke up one other time, at around 5-5:30 am. he didn’t scream or cry much, and i am sure my roommate appreciated that.
monday morning was crazy. he was awake for the day by 7, which is ridiculously early for me. we got dressed and loaded up the car and headed for grand forks for his doctor’s appointment. he had to get his first round of shots and it was not fun for him at all. he received three shots in his legs and one vaccine orally. he also had to have his mouth treated for thrush. the poor little guy had a full stomach of milk, then had medicines that i am sure did not taste good, and the trauma of needles in his legs. he got really upset and then threw up all over me. my white shirt got painted with a nice coat of milk and purple medicine. after that he just drifted to sleep and his mother said he was good the rest of the day.
this being a father thing is very strange to me. you cannot really explain it either. it is a set of emotions that i have never experienced before. and it is a different kind of tired.
** edit **
about a week or so ago, i signed gunnar up for this program called “dolly parton’s imagination library.” today, i got an email saying he was approved for it. so starting 6-9 weeks from now, gunnar will be getting a book in the mail every month until he turns 5.
