Let's face it, becoming a dad is scary and exhausting.
I thought I was ready for it, after reading some very serious books on the subject of fatherhood. Believe me, you may have read Dolto, Montessori and many others, but nothing prepares you for this...
When we start talking about children with Katrin, we are both already so deeply mothers. We are both ready to carry babies, we bicker about who will carry the first child. One day, as a declaration of love, I offer to carry our child in her womb. This is not easy for me, I am not ready to be the "second mother". I didn't know at first that it was possible to breastfeed without having been pregnant...
My son was born a month early. I didn't really know much about breastfeeding and I didn't expect it to be so difficult and painful to start breastfeeding...
