Waiting for things to get back to normal

“Maybe you just have a good baby.” Those were the words the doctor said to us as we took our first child back for her month checkup. I asked him what was wrong with her, because I anticipated having a baby in the house to be harder than it was. All we had heard about was babies with colic, or sleep problems, or having trouble feeding. Our first born slept through the night the first night at hospital, didn’t cry that much, and was a delight to be around. It was still a lot of work of course. But honestly I anticipated it being harder than this. So he told me that perhaps we just had a good baby. I remember leaving the hospital thinking “I must just be really good at this.” I assumed I was simply crushing this first time father thing, and that’s why the baby was so good. Then after our second child was born I found out that wasn’t the truth. This time I anticipated things differently than the first time around. I thought they would be like they were before, but this child crie