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Christmas shopping for a ten week old
Dec. 9th, 2004 09:43 amMatthew's ten weeks today and his first couple Christmas gifts arrived in the mail yesterday. Thank you internet ordering!
But there's a certain amount of uncertainty in what to get for him. He's got 10 months till his first birthday, so we'd like to get things that will be of use to him between now and then, at a minimum. So you just don't buy for right now, for which, aside from the fact that he's growing like a weed and we're a little short on outfits, he doesn't need much, but you buy for the next three quarters of a year.
That means, stuff for teething (have two rings), stuff for crawling, stuff for sitting up, stuff for STANDING up, stuff for eating SOLID food.
It's a little unnerving to think how quickly the time will pass. So many things will happen so quickly and I'm going to miss out on so much of it because I work.
I guess it's something you have to accept though. My wife is struggling with that concept even moreso than I am. The concept of leaving him with a daycare center isn't as much unsettling as it is depressing. We both know that we made a committment to a certain lifestyle and provide a certain standard of living for both ourselves and Matthew. But the idea of giving him up seems so... wrong.. emotionally. Sacrificing the income, given our current state of affairs is not rational, not reasoned, and certainly not tenable for the long term, but that doesn't mean we feel good about the alternative.
On a lighter note, Matthew's adopted a new habit. Every time one of us kisses him on the forehead, he sort of throws his head to one side with his eyes closed while smiling broadly. It's really cute.
But there's a certain amount of uncertainty in what to get for him. He's got 10 months till his first birthday, so we'd like to get things that will be of use to him between now and then, at a minimum. So you just don't buy for right now, for which, aside from the fact that he's growing like a weed and we're a little short on outfits, he doesn't need much, but you buy for the next three quarters of a year.
That means, stuff for teething (have two rings), stuff for crawling, stuff for sitting up, stuff for STANDING up, stuff for eating SOLID food.
It's a little unnerving to think how quickly the time will pass. So many things will happen so quickly and I'm going to miss out on so much of it because I work.
I guess it's something you have to accept though. My wife is struggling with that concept even moreso than I am. The concept of leaving him with a daycare center isn't as much unsettling as it is depressing. We both know that we made a committment to a certain lifestyle and provide a certain standard of living for both ourselves and Matthew. But the idea of giving him up seems so... wrong.. emotionally. Sacrificing the income, given our current state of affairs is not rational, not reasoned, and certainly not tenable for the long term, but that doesn't mean we feel good about the alternative.
On a lighter note, Matthew's adopted a new habit. Every time one of us kisses him on the forehead, he sort of throws his head to one side with his eyes closed while smiling broadly. It's really cute.
