Ok, here it goes. My first blog post on my new Stay At Home Dad (SAHD) blog. I went back and forth a lot on the idea of making this blog. I haven’t been terribly successful at keeping a blog going in the past. So I really can’t guarantee this will be anything spectacular. But I will at least give it a try and see if anything comes of it.

Yesterday was my first official day as a SAHD. Lynda had to return to work and Elias is still enrolled in daycare full time, so it was just me an Noah from about 7:45am until around 5:00pm when Lynda got home. I have to say it wasn’t a bad experience at all. Noah was actually quite the little angel.

He took his normal morning nap but ended up sleeping until 12:15pm. I had to check on him a couple of times to make sure he was still breathing and each time he gave the sweetest sleep smiles when I got close. After eating his lunch, he was a happy boy until a little before 2, when he decided it was time to sleep again. This nap only lasted an hour or so, but when he was awake, he was an angel. Of course the happy only lasted until he got hungry.

Noah reminds me of Elias in that respect. When Elias was tiny, he would get SO ANGRY if he wasn’t fed the moment he got hungry. Noah is the same way. Often times I will have him sitting on my tummy smiling and cooing away and then suddenly, without warning, ANGRY BABY! We have to get him on a boob or a bottle quickly before he cries so hard his face turns beet red and he almost makes himself pass out. And God forbid we try to stop feeding him before he is completely full. Every time we pause to burp him, he goes right back to his crying. We know when he is finally full when we are able to put him to our shoulder without any screaming.

All in all, Noah is a really good baby. If all his needs are fulfilled, he is happy and can be and does a really good job of letting us know that something is wrong. Elias was so tough because he had a bit of colic, but Noah doesn’t seem to be bothered at all. So far this SAHD thing isn’t too hard, but then again I’m not yet taking care of both Elias and Noah at the same time.

Elias will be in daycare full-time this and next week and then he moves to part-time. We’re starting at 3 days per week and then will hopefully move down to 2 later on. We really don’t want to pull Elias completely out of daycare. He has made a lot of good friends there and he has learned so much from being there. I will say though, I am really looking forward to spending more time with him. He is such a character and is the most sweet and loving toddler I think I’ve ever met. I know it will do him good to spend more time with me and his little brother. He loves Noah SO MUCH and I can’t wait to see the relationship that develops between them.

That’s all for now. I think I hear Noah starting to stir, so he will probably be waking up soon for some smiley time with Dad.

Daddy’s Home Now, little ones.