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1. Grandma is the most excited at the news:
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Grandma thinks it is her moment and that it’s bigger than mom’s.
2. This was how Daddy drove when mommy was in labor in the backseat.
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What if she gave birth in the car!
3. This is how daddy drives while carrying his baby home for the first time.
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It’s called an ‘emotional journey.’
4. The first time the newborn is carried from the car to the house.
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Papa is totally paranoid about this one.
5. The time when your baby farts in front of guests…
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And you go like hope they know it’s the baby!
6. When you see a seven year old carry a newborn!
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And you are surprised she carefully hands him over to you.
7. The moment when mama freaks out at everybody when you are loud enough to wake the newborn.
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You’d rather sulk.
8. You have begun to receive unsolicited advice much ahead of time.
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Long way to go before your baby gets there and you figure something out.
9. And grandpa isn’t far behind in asking a visitor to shut up, even though the baby is asleep yards away in a cozy room.
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Obsessed, isn’t he?
10. But then it’s your baby who goes mysteriously quiet, and you wonder if everything is okay!
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11. That heart-stopping moment when the newborn is all curled up in the sheets and you cannot spot him.
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The entire family runs amok.
12. It takes some courage to change the blowout diaper for the first time.
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Gets easier over time.
13. The trick to make diaper change easier…just look over the umbilical stump.
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14. But when the stump eventually falls off, you must pick it, and dump it in the trashcan.
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And sometimes you end up searching for it.
15. The first time you step out of the house leaving your baby under someone else’s care.
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You just can’t do it, can you?
16. When someone approaches your baby without using a hand sanitizer.
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You remind him of the code of conduct at once.
17. Expect the unexpected at diaper changing sessions
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“I gotta towel handy!”
18. When everyone leaves you alone with your baby…
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You don’t know what to do!
19. When you accidentally have your baby hit himself against the handrails.
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Mommies will be mommies after all.
20. And you never realize when the newborn begins to sit upright and do this…
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(inadvertently though)
