2011 - Talk Birth

lap, this time holding my new baby. Each time I pass another date, I feel almost like waving—here we
go...together!
So, in this time of thanksgiving, I want to share the
Top Ten Things I Love About Having a Baby
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Should have had Karen take a picture of the back of A’s neck for me–as it is, this is the best I could do!
1. Morning lounge-nursing
2. The bent back of her neck as she seriously examines something.
3. The way she rides on my hip and snuggles her head in on my shoulder.
4. Being a little person’s one and only–the most loved and most desired companion. (To be fair, this is
one of the hard parts too. It can be exhausting to be needed most of the day and night.)
5. How curious she is and how quickly she notices something new–and how closely and seriously she
studies and examines and explores it.
6. Babywearing.
7. Her fuzzy hair. Smelling her head.
8. How she meets my eyes across the room, or while nursing, or in any instance when she is surprised or
startled, or even just noticing something—she checks it out with her home base. It is an honor to be
so trusted.
9. Experiencing the thrill of discovery through her eyes.
10. Having a baby! Being one of the babymamas. Being a mamatoto. It just feels really right to have a
baby on my hip and at my breast.
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