Being a father is a joyful thing and I love to see a proud father everywhere I go.
There is no doubt the mother spends more time with the child in most homes and they also take all the recognition, fatherhood also has its own side which only men can understand.
These are some funny changes every regular father experiences.
1. UNIMAGINABLE SHOPPING SPREE
Whoever said women shop the most never considered babies. Being a father comes with a lot of joy and expenses. Many fathers know beforehand that fatherhood is expensive but the reality is always more expensive than what you imagined.
While you might have raised an eyebrow at your wife’s shopping spree, your baby’s shopping needs would almost triple that of your wife, leaving you stunned.
2. YOU FEEL THAT NO AMOUNT OF MONEY WOULD BE ENOUGH
The figures you spend would definitely be a course of worry, and it may reach a stage where you would doubt that you just might not be able to cope with the numerous expenses that just keep coming.
3. YOU VALUE YOUR SLEEP AT NIGHT THE MORE
With fatherhood comes, a reduced sleep time is observed. Your baby’s cry at different intervals of the night would make you remember how essential sleep might just be.
4. ‘ME TIME’ BECOMES A RARITY
Every man loves to have a ‘me time’ at some point, but fatherhood doesn’t offer you that chance. You might even forget that such a thing as ‘me time’ ever existed.
5. YOU KIND OF BECOME A CHILD AGAIN
In a way, being a father makes you a child again. You spend more on children stuffs, your home becomes filled with children toys, you visit children parks and recreational areas a lot and you tend to have more childish plays up your sleeves.
6. WEARING WHITE AT HOME NO LONGER BECOMES AN OPTION
Except you want a stained white shirt, wearing white at home is more of a fantasy than a reality.
7. YOUR BODY GETS A LOT OF HITS
You know children would always be children, and their plays with their dad are filled with wrestling, boxing, pinching, the hopping on your back and other stuffs.
8. YOU BECOME MORE MATURE
Somehow, being a father makes you mature than you were. You become a role model and you are faced with huge responsibilities; this somehow adds that extra bit of maturity.
9. YOU FIND YOUR NEW STYLE
At a point, you might try to find yourself again in the fatherhood thing, and at some point you will, even though you don’t even notice. Fatherhood teaches you to readopt and create a new style for yourself.
These are some funny ways life changes as a father, but who said fatherhood doesn’t rock?
PhilÂ