Crying babies

Is there another species where the young cry for food, exhaustion, or security?

Baby birds maybe, but then the adult birds just sit on them to solve that problem.

Studies say...

How to talk to your baby
-Provide a running commentary of what you're doing during the day
-Ask your baby questions like "what do you want to wear today?"... pause ... and then answer the question for them.

Don't other studies suggest that talking to yourself incessantly is crazy?

Too much choice???

I have SIX different brands of diaper cream....Unbelievably I have a favorite.

1/2 Mum....1/2 Dad

My daughter's got her Dad's thigh's......which is a small price to pay if it ensures she won't have her Mum's knees

Mum's need more than 2 hands...

...when nursing a newborn. You need 1 hand for holding them to your boob, 1 hand to hold their head in the right position, 1 hand to prevent their hands from getting in their mouths or scratching their eyes out, and 1 hand for you to grab the burp cloth, the remote, a glass of water, an itch, or anything else that's 6 inches out of reach.

...when holding your crying newborn and trying to eat anything that wasn't pre-prepared in bite-sized morsels.

Milestones

April 3rd 8:30pm; Water breaks
April 3rd 11:18pm; our baby is born, 6lbs 15oz
April 7th - First Pediatrician's appt
April 16th - Second Pediatrician's appt., our daughter pees all over the scale.
April 23rd - First trip out to the world, the library
April 29th - Wearing pre-maternity clothes (well, some of them)
April 30th - Gone up in diaper size

Motherhood redefined

Patience is changing a diaper 3 times in 15 minutes
Hope is 3.5 hours of uninterrupted sleep when it's 3am
Experience can be measured in the number of wipes used at a diaper change