Good comment. I have two remarks: > It's time-consuming and exhausting, but I haven't found it to be _hard_ yet. I think this is exactly what people mean when

Good comment. I have two remarks: > It's time-consuming and exhausting, but I haven't found it to be _hard_ yet. I think this is exactly what people mean when they say "hard": time-consuming and exhausting, not hard as in "I cannot figure this out". Usually you figure it out as you go. This is excluding children with serious health problems, etc. I'm thankful I won the lottery in this regard, I know some situations can destroy families. > I still, and unfortunately kind of frequently, miss what I have effectively sacrificed to have her. I am slower at staying on top of emerging trends, hobbies have been left by the wayside Also rings true for me. Especially my hobbies, I barely have time for them now; and when she grows up who knows whether I'll be able to resume them. But in my case, this is balanced by this thought: would I be happier if I had more time for my hobbies, but she wasn't in my life. And the answer is very clearly that I prefer her to be in my life 1000000%, and if I cannot do my hobbies all that often that's an acceptable loss.