New baby. Is backcountry season on hold?

My wife and I are having discussions on whether I should postpone my backcountry skiing for a few years when we have our first baby in November. Honestly, neither one of us know what the right thing to do is. IF there is a right thing to do. I want to be as responsible as I can, though, she knows this is what I love and wants me to be happy. We've talked about getting an airbag pack for that tiny bit of extra "what if" all the way down to putting up the touring equipment for awhile.

Any advice from new parents and old on how they approached this?

I have a ~13-month-old son.  I am significantly more cautious and risk averse than in the past.  Both my backcountry skiing and rock climbing time have been reduced, by something like 1/4 to 1/2 depending on the season and other factors.  But it sure seems like my parenting would suffer without the physical and emotional outlet these activities give me.

Are small children acceptable substitutes for avalanche poodles?

I am significantly more cautious and risk averse than in the past. 

I think this is inevitable once little people who are completely dependent on you come into the picture, it sure was for me.

But I shake my head at anyone willing to forgo activities that they love when life throws us changes, be it marriage, birth of a child etc. The key is to have the ability to tone down the objective based pursuits and take pleasure the mere act of getting outside and enjoy the activity in the moment. Go meadow skipping, pick lower objective hazards, become even more proficient at making risk assessment decisions. Taking a few years off will just delay the angst once you try and start up again at best, at worst make you resentful for taking away something you love to do. Besides, it's not like that kid at 2 or 3 will suddenly become less dependent or important to you.

I have two kids, 3 and 6. Tone it down but don't stop, stay in the game. Once you stop it is much harder to begin again, and for the sake of your child you need to be a skier. How else are they to learn?

Make it a point to bring the new one along. I've had some great days, but amazingly, some of the most fun I've had is ski touring mellow runs with my kids in a backpack. It's hard to explain, but once you have a child, you'll get it.

Thanks for the encouraging words everyone! I truly appreciate it and it completely makes sense to me.

Bringing the little one along with me in a backpack........intriguing.