New-born Again
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:00 PM
I have a friend who really enjoys it when her babies are newborns.
Of course, this is the same friend who has told me that she’s sorry when she gives birth because she misses being pregnant. So she and I do not see eye to eye on several topics.
I’ve loved my babies from the minute I’ve known about their existence, and both times that love has only increased once I got a glimpse of their newly-born faces. However, the first three months was my least favorite of all Camilla’s ages the last time around, and I fully expect it to be the same with Blaise. Newborns are sweet and cuddly, yes, but the amount of maintenance they require: yikes!
Bryan feels the same way about it. Many times during my pregnancy when we’d just gotten into bed and the baby had started his evening calisthenics, we would talk about the fact that the baby was as easy to take care of then as he’d ever be, and we would take a moment to appreciate the blessing of being able to expect a full night’s sleep.
To be fair, since Camilla was a high-needs baby who cried (it seemed like) all the time, we may have been soured disproportionately on the whole experience of having an infant. I remember that she was eight months old before I felt like I was no longer waiting for her to grow up a little more so I could enjoy her.
After Camilla hit eight months, things kept getting better and better. I’ve loved fifteen-months-old more than twelve, eighteen months more than fifteen, age two even more than eighteen months. The specific challenges have cycled and evolved, but overall I’ve felt that parenting Camilla has gotten easier as she’s gotten older. So far, anyway.
But we also have a newborn again. I am focusing on enjoying his sweet, cuddly little self and on all the good parts of having a tiny baby. (They go to sleep so easily!) I am aware, though, that I am going to have a lot more fun with my little Blaise once he is a wee bit older. And I’m okay with that.
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