Welcome to Parenthood 101 … You Suck!
Well, it has been quite an eventful 4+ days / nights for us. On Saturday, our son (our first child) was born. Labor was long and intensive for Reon, but we made it through and everyone has been doing well, for the most part.
I have way too many thoughts to write concerning the whole labor / delivery thing. WOW! Amazing, scary, exhausting, miraculous are all words that come to mind. However, this post is dedicated to the after birth phase…coming home for the first time as new parents.
So I was thinking, laughing and crying yesterday morning after our first night at home…an all-nighter due to feeding issues (which we are working through and are getting better). I was telling Reon that I’ve never felt about as incompetent as I did trying to get our crying son to sleep at 3:30 am when Reon is exhausted due to several nights of missed sleep and 14 hours of labor. Thus…this is where the name of the post came from. I realized how funny this whole learning process is and just how incompetent I am in trying to care for this infant who can’t speak my language.
I decided we are taking a course called ‘Welcome to Parenthood 101′ and that the first lesson was entitled ‘You Suck!’. I hope it comes across as funny, b/c I mean it as such. Nothing like a little 6 pound baby to make a grown man feel worthless. 
However, I realize in the midst of this is God’s grace. We are cared for. He gives us the ability to raise his children and makes them resistent enough to handle our blunders.
Overall, we are doing well. Mom is getting some sleep today, so that makes Dad feel better. BTW, I’m not feeling down on myself, so I hope this post comes across with the smile it should have. I’m amazed at God’s plan for his creation and only desire your prayers as we continue to work our way through this course entitled ‘Welcome to Parenthood 101′.
Anyone care to tell me what the second lesson is??? 
(Both Mom and Dad sometimes feel that way, btw!) 
