With both of us being home today, I started to think a little about the baby as it related to health. I've already resolved in my head that being active and eating healthy are things that I can teach the kid from learned behavior, and I'm sure as hell not going to leave it to phys-ed class for him to learn about fitness. But what about the other side of health? I'm worried about him getting our issues.
From me, the two big ones are cystic acne and irritable bowel syndrome. I haven't any any cysts now since 2003 I think, so hopefully that's at least not a life-long issue. The IBS is annoying since it's not an outright disease and has many variations as far as causes and symptoms. Today aside, I've not had that many problems with it in the last year. Diana's biggest medical problem is easily the allergies, although there's always a chance that the change in environment may help that. Regardless, I can't help but wonder what problems the kid may have from our genetic baggage.
Can you tell the anxiety over being a parent is growing? A guy at work recently told me, "Don't worry, with the sleep depravation those first few months, you'll be too tired to worry about anything other than sleeping, getting to work on time and making time for your wife." Or as another friend posted on FB to me, "Try raising twins." Hooray for the perspective, I think.
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