I have a baby. It is a large responsibility.

Initially she was just a lump that made loud noises. Since sleep deprivation is a form of torture, we referred to her as out CIA interrogator. But after two months she is starting to show signs of a personality. She is very manipulative: she knows that her smile (which lights up the room) can get anyone to do anything she wants. 

This is our first baby, so we don’t have a lot to compare her to. She is a lot of work, and we just have the base goal of keeping her alive. We both have a lot more respect for single mothers; it is hard enough for two people to keep this baby going.

That said, I think we have a good baby. For a long time she would sleep all night. Lately she has been waking up in the middle of the night, but if you change her and feed her, she goes right back to sleep. And she sleeps most of the day. For awhile, the period between 5:30 and 10:00 was when she liked to have a good continual cry, with no way of knowing why. I think she is past that.

My mother is currently visiting to meet the baby. She has been overall helpful, willing to do some of the simple baby duties to allow us to do other parts of life maintenance.

We’ve also been enjoying watching the reactions of other people. Yesterday we visited the mother-in-law’s place where she had some friends over. One acted like an excitable little kid; she was so happy and telling everyone that the baby had smiled at her, like it was the greatest moment of her life.