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The Sheer Joy Of Becoming A Dad

In this article I write about my joy of becoming a parent and about how my life has changed since the birth of my son. It came as quite a shock to me a few years ago when my girlfriend told me that she was pregnant. We had in truth been trying for a baby, but I never thought it would happen. I have no idea why this was; I am fully aware of just how crazy I am at times. I have to admit that I was quite scared at first but now feel very lucky and he has truly changed my life in a positive way.

I have always been far more interested in business than becoming a dad; I am involved with various projects to do with stammering, helping people with business cost cutting and also offering clients an affordable DVD duplication service.

The feeling of emotion and happiness when I first set eyes on and held my son is very hard to describe . He was so small and light. I was handed some milk to feed him and he soon started to knock it back, a bit like me with the beer I thought to myself. To my astonishment and fear I was left all alone in the room with my new born son; totally unaware of how to look after such a tiny child - my son’s mum had gone off for a relaxing bath - which it has to be said she fully deserved. I was left feeling very pleased and contented as I had just become a dad for the first time but I also had a strange feeling of needing someone else there just in case something went wrong. I just could not take my eyes off him; he was just so handsome. Looking back I now realise how crazy I was to be nervous about the whole thing - it is something that without a doubt has changed my life for the better.

My whole attitude to life has now changed, in the past socialising with my friends was a massive part of my life. Even though I still do go out with them, I have to say it is probably only around half as much as I used to. You might think I am sad but when I am out I do miss all of my family including my son.

He is just so cute, he always walks into our bedroom in the morning with a big beaming smile asking us to make him some breakfast! I open my eyes to see a very happy child looking down at me. Dad, it is time for you to make me some food please? He loves his food! This is the best type of alarm I have ever had.

I have always been the type of person who is often anxious and stressed. This can even turn into a period of sustained depression. Nowadays whenever I feel any of these symptoms I spend as much time as possible with my son as he soon puts a smile back onto my face.

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