This article is from the Good Things About Having Kids FAQ, by Benjamin V.C. Collins, collins@campus.mlc.edu with numerous contributions by others.
That lovely warm feeling you get when she ...
smiles at you like you're the most wonderful person in the world
laughs when you make funny faces at her
snuggles into your arms so trustingly and goes to sleep
reaches up those gorgeous little chubby arms to you as much as to say
"I want my Mummy"
and when other people say ...
she's so BEAUTIFUL!
That amazing sense of achievement (even though YOU didn't do it)
you get when she ...
sits up on her own
rolls over
claps hands
waves bye-bye
plays peek-a-boo
... get the picture? When she does ANYTHING she never did before!
The relief when ...
the midwife says "It's a girl and she's perfect!"
the doctor says "It's just a cold"
she sleeps the night through for the first time
And the way you suddenly have something in common with a whole
new group of people, many of whom you didn't have anything in
common with before!
Lesley Harkin
lcooke@bfsec.bt.co.uk
 
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