From pre-dad to full-dad - a life in transition

With the children, a lot is changing for parents - for example, the meaning of words like "weekend", "vacation" or "silence", all of which stood for relaxation in the pre-childhood period. But with all the stress that children bring with them, you would not want to have it any other way, right?

In the distant past, there was a life as a pre-daddy. Pre-dads are ordinary young adults who only deal with themselves in their lives. And the erroneous opinion is that they have no time and rushed through life. * Laughter *

I can barely remember my pre-daddy time. Fairytale it seems to me, unreal, the childless life at that time. Words like 'weekend' and 'holiday' still had a seductive sound - after relaxation, silence.

"Silence" and "holidays" once stood for relaxation

Silence. Good example. Nowadays 'silence' is an alarm signal. The children were just grappling around-dull sound and sudden calm. Mostly one should come then already started with a, cool pack '. Bumps are really not that big.

Vacation. If not someone in particular falls in love with children's entertainment, this is still the period of the year when the family spends most of their time together. Yes please. But vacation with the definition of the pre-daddy time has nothing more to do. Yes OK. 'Adventure vacation', 'active vacation', these variants from the gray past overlap with today's papa experiences.
Was the adventure at that time a trekking trail on the steep slope, it is today, to get offspring No. 2 from the tree. The thrill is there in both cases, believe me.

In the active holiday at that time, you got up early, jogged a round on the morning beach and then prepared the delicious muesli. Today you get up early. It may be that the offspring is standing by your bed and says, "I can not sleep anymore." Or your wife nibbles you in the tent sleeping bag and says, "Hey, the kid's gone!" Wow, you're not that fast at that time Jogged along the beach as you search the route for your little one. I promise you. And muesli still prepare you lovingly today. With freshly cut fruit. For all. If you finally want to eat cereal, all the others are done. Breakfast is through for today.

It works differently, but ...

But let's be honest, some of these pre-dads have somehow stopped at this time and never become dads. Gray gray temples instead of gray past. About young fashionable jeans bulges the belly approach. The wrinkles come from the sun (or tanning bed), the leisure activity is the dedicated care of the wine cellar. And are still rushing to the meaning of life.

Honestly, we daddies dont want it, right?

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