Hello! This is Jason. <\/p>\n
\tAs many of my co-workers already know, my wife is six months pregnant. This is something we have wanted for a while and decided there is no better time than now, so here we are! <\/p>\n
\tWith becoming a parent we are in for many life changes. Some of them we can predict, but maybe many changes we haven\u2019t even thought about yet. For example, both of us will keep working after the baby is born. If my wife needs to work late or vice-versa, the other will have to make a plan to pick up our child from daycare. Maybe the same will happen as they get older with after school activities. I\u2019m not sure how that works in Japan, so I have a lot to learn.<\/p>\n
\tSomething else for us to think about is how this will affect our social life with friends. Before I could often meet friends and go do whatever, but now I have a new responsibility to my child. If we are going to go to the park or just hangout, maybe I can bring the child along with me if my friends don\u2019t mind, but if we are going to a bar to watch bands play, it\u2019s not an appropriate place to bring a child and it\u2019s way too loud. Sometimes maybe I can go, if my wife can stay home and watch the child, but I need to give and take with this. Sometimes maybe Haruka wants to go out with her friends, so I need to stay home with the child. I\u2019m fine with this. Hopefully we can work out a plan. <\/p>\n
\tBesides social things there is so much I don\u2019t know about raising a child. I have no clue how to change a diaper. Surely I will learn, but it\u2019s these very simple things I have no clue about. So many do\u2019s and don\u2019ts. I think I know more about raising a puppy than a child. If it means anything, I\u2019ve had a few dogs in my life and they\u2019ve all lived well into old age before dying of natural causes. ;D<\/p>\n
\tTo keep this short, I am very excited about becoming a parent. I feel it is the logical next chapter in my life, which brings on a lot of new experiences. Sure not all of them will be fun and some may be very challenging, but I\u2019m excited to take them all on in this next chapter of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hello! This is Jason. As many of my co-workers already know, my wife is six months pregnant. This is something… <\/p>\n