Intermediate Spanish Being parents: Expectations vs reality

Intermediate

Being parents: Expectations vs reality

We’ve been parents to our daughter, Ana Paz, for nearly a year now. Here, we reflect on what we expected going into it, and how things really were in reality.
Rob

Rob

Inglés

Lis

Lis

Colombiana

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[00:00:00]
Lis. Ya llevamos ocho meses casi con Ana Paz.
Translation

Lis. We have been with Ana Paz for almost eight months now.

[00:01:31]
Casi ocho meses.
Translation

Almost eight months.

[00:01:32]
Casi ocho meses. ¿Cuáles fueron tus expectativas de ser madre antes? Obviamente, antes de tenerla a la niña.
Translation

Almost eight months. What were your expectations of being a mother before? Obviously, before we had the baby.

[00:01:42]
Bueno, mis expectativas eran unas si nos quedábamos en Inglaterra y otras si veníamos a Colombia. Cuando decidimos que veníamos a Colombia, pues yo empecé a imaginar y a soñar y convencí a Rob que no, que ya íbamos a tener toda la ayuda, que era más fácil. Yo de una u otra manera, me imaginaba que llegaba la bebé, que yo iba a dejar la bebé con mi hermana y mi mamá y iba a llevar a Rob al parque la 93 a estas rumbas buenísimas, o sea yo tenía mis lugares
Translation

Well, my expectations were one thing if we stayed in England and another if we came to Colombia. When we decided to come to Colombia, I started to imagine and dream and I convinced Rob that no, that we were going to have all the help, that it was easier. One way or another, I imagined that the baby was coming, that I was going to leave the baby with my sister and my mum and I was going to take Rob to Parque la 93 to these great parties, that is to say I had my places.

[00:02:20]
¿Básicamente seguir la vida como antes, pero con un bebé como de vez en cuando, no?
Translation

Basically, just carry on with life as before, but with a baby from time to time, right?

[00:02:26]
Exacto, exacto. ¿Y por qué lo pensaba? Porque hace más de bueno, tal vez 20 años que que mi hermana tuvo su primer bebé, ya vivía con nosotros, pues todas nos hacíamos cargo de ella, entonces yo tenía eso como en mi subconsciente. ¿No? Que la familia entre todos cuidan a la bebé y no hay que preocuparse. Entonces esa era una de mis expectativas de que yo llegaba y dejaba la bebé donde mi mamá e iba a estar súper bien cuidada.
Translation

Exactly, exactly. And why did I think that? Because it's been more than 20 years since my sister had her first baby, she was living with us, so we all took care of her, so I had that in my subconscious, didn't I? That the family all look after the baby and you don't have to worry about it. So that was one of my expectations that I would arrive and leave the baby with my mum and she would be well looked after.

[00:02:58]
Y que es el trabajo de todos cuidarla.
Translation

And that it's everyone's job to look after her.

[00:03:00]
Exactamente, y que todos iban a estar felices, pues cuidando... Que sí. De hecho, si yo la llevo, ellos van a estar felices cuidándola, pero la realidad es que yo soy muy nerviosa y siento que ella es mi responsabilidad.
Translation

Exactly, and that everyone was going to be happy, so taking care of... That yes. In fact, if I take her, they will be happy looking after her, but the reality is that I am very nervous and I feel that she is my responsibility.

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