Because not every day is easy... or maybe it's that no day is easy at this point. Because no matter how sick you are, mommies don't get sick days and there's nothing worse than being sick and taking care of a sick baby. Because some days, you just can't make a fussy baby happy. You just can't. And because nothing is as exhausting as a newborn ... And because that's the stuff that the old ladies that ogle your baby at the grocery store don't bring up. No one talks to new parents about just how hard the hard days are.
But even on those really awful days, the baby does something amazing. Like rolling over for the first time at 5 weeks old! Or something that makes us laugh, like the funny sounds he makes or the way his head (that he mostly holds up on his own now) is still pretty flopsy at times. Or something that makes us proud, like how well he behaved during his baptism. Or he gives us a little glimpse of the smile he'll someday show us-- oh man, is it going to be a cute one-dimpled one-- (but right now it's all still gas).
He gives us some reason to be more joyful and enjoy life more every day. Even on the bad days.
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Well said!
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