Our first night with the baby…
Baby: “WAAAAH!”
Me: (Distracted, surprised, amused and harrowed) “Google never said a baby can poop, throw up, fart and pee at the same moment!”
Baby: “WAAAAAH!”
Him: (Accusingly) “You don’t know a thing about babies!”
Baby: “WAAAAAAH!”
Me: (Accusing back) “Do you?”
Him: (Sigh) “How do we clean her now that she is covered with muck all over?”
Me: “Bathe her?”
Baby: “WAAAAAAAAH!”
Him: “But it is 3 am and it is cold!
Me: (Sigh)“Let’s ask your mom!”
Baby: “WAAAAAAAAAAH!”
Him: “But it is 3 am…How do we clean her?”
Baby: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
Me: (Sigh) “Let me wipe her.”
Baby: “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!”
Him: (Sigh) “You try comforting her. I’ll wipe.”
-Dedicated to all parents who brave the uncharted waters, including mine
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I have always thought that when you have a child, you should come with an instruction book. Very good post. Happy day Shaily.💝
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Thank you, Yvonne! I had Google to guide me when I had labor pain but no manual can prepare you for the shock of first hand experience!
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For that shokc there is no manual, jajaja🤣😘🙋
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🤣🤣🤣
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I still remember the shock of sitting at home staring at my husband and our baby and being astonished that the hospital trusted us to be alone with her!
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😀 That sums up my and husband’s feelings pretty clearly. None of us had ever held a baby in our arms before. We didn’t how to hold her, or cover the baby properly, or change diapers, or clean up when she threw up, or even feed her. Whew! Nearly 3 years and we’re still learning!
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I had done a lot of babysitting and was the oldest child, so I had a lot of experience. Still having her all the time and us in charge was daunting.
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Wow! I never realised it was a global issue! 🤣🤣🤣 May be we really need a manual about “how not to get scared of your baby”…
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I think babies are scary for every first time parent no matter their experiences. Such responsibility.
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Lol, we swam against the same tides. I too learnt on the job.
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Nothing can prepare you for a baby. It is a storm we meet mid ocean and learn to sail.
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