When does one actually grow up??
The answer to that question perhaps lies in this quote by Wordsworth "The child is the father of the man".
My recently found understanding (albeit my own interpretation!) of this profound statement is courtesy imminent fatherhood.
The routine visits to the doctor are something that I look forward to; specially the one's that involve a scan. Getting to see your unborn child is perhaps the most numbing experience...it's at that moment that you grow up...become a man.
They say that women owing to the fact that they carry the baby inside them and have a physical connect have a headstart in terms of feelings of parenthood. Men, on the other hand, perhaps take a while after the baby is born and has warmed up to them.
Guess technology has contributed in changing that. Earlier, you perhaps waited for the woman to say "Hey!! It's kicking!!" and tried to imagine how it'd feel. Now atleast you have a connect... you put your hands on the tummy and can visualise the movement.
We men have it easy..get a bundle of joy without enduring what our woman folk have to contend with..bulging tummies..haywire hormones...aches, pains..what not?
Am sure men and women both have different reasons for looking forward to the end of 9 months!!
A la Humphrey Bogart...I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..
And to sign off a song by Paul Anka featuring Odia Coates .. an ode to the person who's making it all happen...
The answer to that question perhaps lies in this quote by Wordsworth "The child is the father of the man".
My recently found understanding (albeit my own interpretation!) of this profound statement is courtesy imminent fatherhood.
The routine visits to the doctor are something that I look forward to; specially the one's that involve a scan. Getting to see your unborn child is perhaps the most numbing experience...it's at that moment that you grow up...become a man.
They say that women owing to the fact that they carry the baby inside them and have a physical connect have a headstart in terms of feelings of parenthood. Men, on the other hand, perhaps take a while after the baby is born and has warmed up to them.
Guess technology has contributed in changing that. Earlier, you perhaps waited for the woman to say "Hey!! It's kicking!!" and tried to imagine how it'd feel. Now atleast you have a connect... you put your hands on the tummy and can visualise the movement.
We men have it easy..get a bundle of joy without enduring what our woman folk have to contend with..bulging tummies..haywire hormones...aches, pains..what not?
Am sure men and women both have different reasons for looking forward to the end of 9 months!!
A la Humphrey Bogart...I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..
And to sign off a song by Paul Anka featuring Odia Coates .. an ode to the person who's making it all happen...
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' how much you love me
Havin' my baby
What a lovely way of sayin' what you're thinkin' of me
I can see it, face is glowin'
I can see in your eyes
I'm happy you know it
That you're havin' my baby
You're the woman I love and I love what it's doin' to ya
Havin' my baby
You're a woman in love and I love what's goin' through ya
The need inside you I see it showin'
Whoa, the seed inside ya Baby, do you feel it growin'
Are you happy you know it
That you're havin' my baby
