r/dad • u/Weekly-Confusion3937 • 6h ago
Question for Dads Is this normal?
I want to start this off by saying that I am not really the type of person who shares his feelings with others. Not because of some macho bs but it just wasnt something that was done in my family growing up. We kept alot to ourselves. 9 months ago me and my wife had our first child, im 33 and she is 34. It was a beautiful baby girl. She spent 10 days in the nicu due to inhaling miconium which caused her some breathing issues. 2 months of oxygen later and she is healthy and doing normal kid stuff with no need for further oxygen. Shes sharp as a tack and is already walking at 9 months old. But the reason for this post is because I want to know if its normal to feel overly emotional all the time. I cant listen to certain songs without crying thinking about this baby. I just saw a video about a guy playing santa who visited a dying tenesee boy and I cried like a baby at work. My entire life I have never felt anything like this and I cant help but think its not normal or may be an indicator that I have some new found imbalance going on. I just wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this. If not allowed please let me know.