When I became a mother, it was life altering. People tell you that being a mother will forever change your world, but it is so hard to wrap your head around a concept, since it is such a foreign idea. However, nobody ever prepared me for the fact that watching my husband be a father would make my heart melt. I’m sure that some men don’t adapt to their new role easily and some may never adapt. But, watching Matt with Haven has made me fall more and more in love with him. Seeing him take a willing active role in parenting (changing diapers, handling feedings and bathtime) was one thing, but I love watching them at the playground together, singing songs, playing games, going on walks, dancing before bedtime, reading together, roughhousing in the living room, blowing bubbles, drawing with crayons and sidewalk chalk and sharing a love of the water. And as time goes on I look forward to more fun times.
So, to my partner in life as well as my partner in parenthood, Happy Father’s Day.
I agree. There’s nothing like seeing your husband bonding with your daughter. Seeing how protective and gentle he is with her is priceless.