Momma never told me . . . I would laugh at my husband

often.

I don't think I have explained that I am one of 6 kids and have 8 nieces and nephews and countless cousins. So, being around babies and kids is sort of a second nature thing to me. My wonderful husband on the other hand is an only child and really only has 2 cousins that he sees with any regularity. Babies are pretty similar to aliens as far as he is concerned. This whole fatherhood thing has definitely been a transition for him. I will admit up front that he is doing a pretty good job overall but there are very amusing moments.

The most consistently amusing thing is to listen to him talk to our son, especially when our son is in uber fussy mode and giving his vocal cards some good practice. Sitting here this afternoon my son became fussy after being up for over an hour. That's a pretty long time for a 3 week old. My mother-in-law tried walking him with no success. He had just been fed and gotten a new diaper so that wasn't the problem. He had burped too, so we were pretty sure it wasn't gas. That's where my husband comes in. He gets him calm by holding him close and that was pretty cute. He was talking to him saying, "Oh, you just wanted to be close. See that's better." Then my son on cue gets fired up again. My husband puts him in another position then gives him a little pep talk. Something along the lines of, "You are just going to have to figure it out. I know, you were calm then you got all upset again, so you need to figure it out."  He caught me laughing at him this time to which his response was, "He understands English perfectly. (then look at baby) Don't you?"

I love my husband so much.