[Baby Bar] Maisy

[Jay Vaughan]

Yeah dave attaboy! You keep that good head of yours well fed and  
rested and all will be good. Dads do have to be strong and keep things  
together, it's very true and mums too .. But we men have the advantage  
that there is not much else for us to do than fight the universe while  
mum and babe repair and grow and thrive.

Prepare for prosperity always and don't sweat about times of lost  
sleep .. You will get through it and lucky you will always have the  
option of going to bed early with maisy .. And believe me, sleeping  
like the baby sleeps is awesome for it's flourish on everyday life.  I  
crashed out with Flynn on friday night and it has made the week  
anew .. Be sure not to overlook the obvious bonus that you really do  
have a damn good reason to go to bed early now!

;
--
ibi sum
::: top quotin' from the pocket :::

On Sep 22, 2008, at 3:04, Dave S <sly at mu-sly.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tuesday 16 Sep 2008, Dave S wrote:
>> Hi all...
>> Voila!!
>
> Thanks everyone for all the nice messages!
>
> I've done a third round of updates with the photos at
> http://maisy.katyfowler.co.uk/
>
> Can't believe that she's almost a week old - it's been a crazy time  
> which has
> gone both very fast and very slowly.
>
> First two nights were great - she slept a lot, and so did we, though  
> with
> regular wake-ups for various things.  Third and fourth night were  
> awful -
> plenty of crying, difficulty feeding, us tearing our hair out for  
> hours on
> end and desperately needing sleep.
>
> Last night was awesome - I got 12 hours sleep, somehow!!  Perhaps  
> because I
> went to bed before anyone else by a good hour or so, I guess.  I  
> think Maisy
> woke Katy up to feed a couple of times, but Katy also had a good  
> long sleep
> too.
>
> So today we felt a lot less like shit, and a lot more able to cope  
> with
> difficult things, which have also been decreasing in frequency -  
> probably due
> to us being a bit better practised now. We're also getting the hang of
> grabbing small bits of sleep during the day.
>
> I don't mean to sound cheesy, but if there's one thing the last week  
> has
> taught me, it's that there's NOTHING - and I do mean NOTHING - that  
> is a
> bigger test of a man* than fatherhood, in my opinion. Just keeping a  
> level
> head has been almost impossible at times, and yet somehow, I've  
> managed it
> nearly always, with only occasional "arrgh" moments which always  
> coincided
> with extreme tiredness. Even those impossible moments are seeming less
> impossible as the days (well, nights mostly) go by.
>
> (*Not to overlook women and their immense efforts here at all, but  
> I'm purely
> talking about my own experience of it, and what I've discovered  
> about myself
> in the last week. I think fathers have a rather unique role in all  
> this, and
> it really becomes our job to hold stuff together and do our best to  
> make it
> work smoothly, even when that seems impossible. Perhaps that's  
> always our job
> from here on in... I dunno?)
>
> I'm usually such a stress-head, but in the middle of all this crazy  
> stuff
> going on, I've somehow found a calm, patient side to myself which I  
> didn't
> even know existed before. I think I may have actually become some  
> kind of
> responsible adult... which is a first!  :-)
>
> I've also had great fun playing and generally being silly with  
> Maisy. Funny
> how you can simultaneously grow up and become more childlike, isn't  
> it?
>
> Anyway, I have a whooooole new level of respect for all the parents  
> out there.
> Big-up yourselves, 'cos it ain't easy in the slightest, but it's  
> still very,
> very rewarding and I'm loving it!  :-D
>
> More from us soon,
>
> ~Dave, Katy and Maisy
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