My friend, any day now your life is about the change in a big way. While
I’m still pretty new at it myself I thought I could share a few thoughts from
my first steps into fatherhood.
You will be overwhelmed:
There is a lot of new shit to learn all at once when you become a dad and there will be times when
you don't know what you're doing. When your baby won't stop crying, then your
wife starts crying because you guys can’t figure out why, just remember it
happens to everyone. Ask the dads you know for advice, read a few of the many articles
your wife will surely be forwarding to you, and take solace in that fact that
far stupider people than us have been managing to keep their babies alive for
millennia. You'll be fine.
You will see things
that can't be unseen:
When you look between your wife's legs and see that head start making its way
out, there's no coming back from that. The only consolation is that it is such
a shocking scene that you completely forget about the previous context that
region held. What you will see that day is not a vagina, it is a birth canal,
and the two should never be confused for one another. That being said it's a
truly amazing experience and, not to worry, it all goes back to normal once
you're finally allowed to see it again.
