There was an episode of Sex and the City where Miranda had a new baby. The father of the baby came around to pick up bub for the weekend. When he arrived at the door he declared that he wasn’t going to be able to take the baby, because he was too scared and didn’t know how to take care of it. Miranda laid down the law saying words to the effect of “Look, I spend the week trying not to kill the baby and come the weekend it’s your turn!”
I remember well the terror of coming home with a new baby. Driving really, really slowly home from the hospital, not daring to let Big Sis out of my sight and waking in terror in the middle of the night to charge over and check she was still breathing! She seemed so small and so helpless and I couldn’t believe that we were responsible for her, I was waiting for the grown-ups to arrive!
Some very dear friends (and family members) had a baby a couple of days ago. Today I keep looking at the photos they have sent through and thinking about how they are doing on their first few days at home. There’s nothing that can prepare you for that time with your first baby, and I just bet they drove home really, really slowly and are spending hours just staring at this miracle! What an amazing time - the babymoon, enjoy it guys!
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