I have told Sean that I did NOT wish for him to be a teenage parent pretty much since he was seven years old. I would add, “Because this, is HARD!” as I pointed to myself. The, “This” I spoke of was single, teenage parenthood and Sean understood that. As Sean has grown, he understands that fact moreso. He has told me that he could NOT see himself having a child now.
Yesterday, he told me that he could NOT have a baby now and he didn’t know how I did it! I reassured him that he was an excellent baby! He was in NICU for a month and once he came home, for an additional month, he slept all but 20 minutes a day. I had to wake him up to feed him. When he was two months old, he slept from 8 to 8 every night. He also took 2, one hour long naps every day until he was three.
So, this morning, Leia woke up early! I heard Sean put her leash on to take her outside and I looked at my cell phone and it was 5:56 a.m. I usually wake up and get out of bed when she wakes up in the morning but this morning, I put my phone down and said to myself, “I’m NOT getting up!” and I went back to sleep until 8.
Thinking about it, my son IS a single, teenage parent and I am the one who bought him the dog! The amount of pride I have in him taking care of her is beyond immense! My Mom has taken her out a few times but I can’t help at all. I just get to pet her as she gets on her hind legs to put her paws on my armrest. My son will be an excellent dad because although he is tired today, he is an excellent Pet Daddy!!!
