Today it's fatherhood...I am about to become a father in the next 5 months. I hope that this time it will come to pass and Betty and I will finally be able to hold our baby in our own arms. The previous attempt wasn't successful, we lost the pregnancy in 3 months. It was a painful experience but we got over it together and with the support of our very loving family.
How do I feel?
The prospects of being a father is exciting I wont lie. In my head I have a lot of fun things I plan to do with the baby as he or she grows up. I don't know at the moment whether it's going to be a boy or a girl and I do not have any preference.
Whether boy or girl all I want to do is have fun with my baby and be the best dad I can ever be.
Being the best dad is however scary, every day I see Betty's tummy grow bigger I realize how closer I get to being a father and at times the thought of it scares me.
I'm I ready?
What sends chills down my spine most of the time I think about this is if I will ever be the best father to this kid. If I am ready to make all the sacrifices that comes with being a father - at times it involves a paradigm shift from how you are used to living your life.
Most of the time I am usually very mean on this online streets and I would hate it if somebody would mistreat my kid just because I was mean to them on twitter or on a post I did on either of my blogs....or it could be that heartless comment on facebook.
So definitely I am going to change a lot of stuff...I think I am ready to be a nicer person to everybody now.
The lessons
I am a kids person...I think I get that from my dad. I however had no idea of what has to go in place before the baby comes. I thought Betty was crazy when she started buying baby clothes in month two. The baby now officially has about six times more clothes than I do. She had to stop buying because we are waiting to buy more clothes once we know the sex which will happen next month.
Then I need to work on the nursery to make sure it's baby friendly....I have no idea what the paint job should look like but Google is always here when we need it.
My small bro had his baby last year and he told me tales of how I should prepare for sleepless nights. Working long hours during the day and going home to a sleepless night is not something to look forward for but if we got through the first 3 months of Betty's pregnancy we can get through anything coz that was pure hell on earth.
Baby names
Funny enough we are thinking of baby names already...Betty says if she has a son she'll call him Daniel Ominde Jr. While the thought of it is kinda tempting I would not want to punish my son like that. If he likes the name then that's a choice he will have to make himself...I made that choice and adopted my grand father's name Wambura.
So we are still in the hunt for names...suggestions would help but I kinda think we are settled for a name already if it happens that she is a baby girl.
...................more to come on "Rookie Dad"
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