In this article I write about my joy of becoming a parent and about how my life has changed since the birth of my son. It came as quite a shock to me a few years ago when my girlfriend told me that she was pregnant. We had in truth been trying for a baby, but I never thought it would happen. I have no idea why this was; I am fully aware of just how crazy I am at times. I have to admit that I was quite scared at first but now feel very lucky and he has truly changed my life in a positive way.

I have always been far more interested in business than becoming a dad; I am involved with various projects to do with composite doors, helping people to obtain link building services and also offering clients flyer printing.

The feeling of emotion and happiness when I first set eyes on and held my son is very hard to describe . He was so small and light. I was handed some milk to feed him and he soon started to knock it back, a bit like me with the beer I thought to myself. My girlfriend left the room to have a bath and I was left in the room on my own, holding the baby as they say. I could not stop staring at him, he was so perfect. Looking back I now realise how crazy I was to be nervous about the whole thing – it is something that without a doubt has changed my life for the better.

My whole attitude to life has now changed, in the past socialising with my friends was a massive part of my life. Even though I still do go out with them, I have to say it is probably only around half as much as I used to. You might think I am sad but when I am out I do miss all of my family including my son.

Every morning he is the first one to wake up and walks into our room and says, morning! I open my eyes to see a very happy child looking down at me. Dad, it is time for you to make me some food please? He loves his food! This is the best type of alarm I have ever had.

I have always been the type of person who is often anxious and stressed. This it has to be said can be known to lead to a stage of continued depression. Nowadays whenever I feel any of these symptoms I spend as much time as possible with my son as he soon puts a smile back onto my face.