Babies
I’ve been asked a question several times in the last few days from different people. They all run along the lines of, “Awe, Brendan is so cute. When are you going to have one Gordon?” Everyone that knows me knows I have a very strong no baby policy… well fairly strong… ok so the policy doesn’t really exist anymore. In all actuality it hasn’t really existed for several years.
When we lived in Iceland I would babysit most nights of the week for neighboring military families. Anytime of the day or night, for any length of time with any number of children. My only rule was no babies. If they couldn’t walk, talk and go to the bathroom by themselves then I wouldn’t watch them. It wasn’t that I didn’t like babies, just that I didn’t trust myself with someone that was so dependent on me. Even if that dependence only exists for a couple hours it was still incredibly daunting.
Fast forward to three days ago when my sister had her baby. This week is the first time I have ever held a baby, changed a diaper or tried to calm the occasional crying. I’m slowing getting more comfortable and opening up to the idea, it’s just something very new. So my answer to the baby question? I think I can confidently say I have a maybe policy. If I meet the right person that will probably change, but for now I don’t see that coming up anytime soon.
Yay! A possible future baby G!
Said by Brint 6/27/2005 at about 9:28 am
you will make a wonderful father. don’t worry, everyone feels like that, taking care of something so dependent is always daunting. my theory is that no one is really ever ready for it. you get ready when it happens. it’s not really something you can prepare for very much. it is scary because it is unknown. but once you start, things start to fall into place, and you find yourself doing things you never knew you could.
Said by Di 6/27/2005 at about 12:37 pm