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Are You ?Excited? About The Baby?

By atharkhan

Ever since we found out that we were having a baby, friends and family have asked me whether I was excited about it. I ended up answering in the affirmative because that was the response expected of me.

Truthfully however, I have been more worried than excited. I believe that pure ?excitement? comes from either being truly secure (e.g. professionally/financially) or from an utter lack of appreciation of upcoming needs.

So, over the last few months, I have been going about taking actions that have slowly replaced my worry with excitement. These actions include increasing my life insurance, starting a 529 plan for the baby?s college education, finding a larger apartment, getting some health tests done, and making some general lifestyle changes.

Knowing that I have done all that I could have to prepare for the baby has gone a long way in eliminating my worries. So, while it is still a little unnerving to think that I will soon be responsible for something without an ?on-off? switch, I am finally feeling excited and truly happy about it.

Full post as published by Atharkhan on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).