My dear daughter,
Perhaps you’re wondering about our weekend routine. It is a little different.
It’s the best time for me because I get to spend all the time with you and mom.
Sometimes we sleep in, till 9 or 10am. For you it appears to be easy to sleep in, babies do need a lot of sleep. As usual, if you’re still sleeping by the time we wake up, your mother and I have breakfast together, then we wake you up with hugs and smiles. If not, I set up breakfast and start eating while your mother changes and feeds you. Then she brings you along to the kitchen in the stroller and we all finish breakfast together. During this, you like to smile, talk and move your legs a lot. Sometimes you complain because you demand attention, which I find amusing and comply right away.
Before you were born I used to spend around two hours after breakfast playing videogames on my pajamas. When your mother started complaining I would reluctantly take a bath and get ready to go out for lunch or to spend 6 to 8 hours in a shopping mall. Sometimes we would go to the movies.
I don’t miss wasting time with videogames at all. Being with you and mom is a lot better. After a couple months I had already forgotten about all those games that seemed so important.
Now I’m ready to go out earlier and we usually enjoy a little walk or a little car ride, all together. I’ve been making a point of always taking everybody out for lunch; it’s good to your mother. And you are a great baby; you didn’t complain much during our first strolls and have been complaining less each time. Frequently, about two hours after we left the house you get a little hungry and we feed you, and that’s it. Other than that, you just enjoy the ride or take little naps in the car or in your stroller. But we can already tell you struggle to stay awake to watch the world in all its details and colors. You are also very friendly, smiling at everyone who stops to wonder at beauty and cuteness.
We get back home after 3 hours in average and then just play and watch TV for the rest of the day. Sometimes I try to get something done on the computer and mom and I help each other out with home affairs. There were some occasions where we managed to also go out for dinner and it was very nice – when we get home you are usually very tired and go to sleep faster. Then mom and I enjoy each other company on the couch a little.
We went to visit my mom – your other grandmother a few times too, and your aunt Luciana, at their homes. We usually stay for 3 or 4 hours. Everybody gets happier when you are around.
Love,
Dad
Aspergers Dad 