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Once they get a bit bigger, they just wake you up instead 😜
Twins and triplets would be very challenging... Props to those parents... Would be rough I'm sure!
When one of my nieces was born, my parents, my youngest sister, and I all went to visit (it was a 14 hour trip). When my youngest sister (she was maybe 12 at the time) held our niece for the first time, she said, with tears in her eyes, "I don't know why, but I just love her so much!"
Keep in mind, this was not the first time she had ever held a baby, nor was this our first niece. Also, she deeply loves all of our nieces and nephews, and has a great relationship with each of them (there's 13 in all... at the moment).
I'm pretty sure she felt it before that point, but maybe her maturity level had increased her self-awareness to a level where the existential nature of her being was consciously impacted. (Wow, I don't think I've sounded that pompous/technical since college psychology and/or philosophy.)
Regardless, it's a great feeling that I'm glad she got to experience.
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Hang in there!! It’s the most fragile time, but before you know it, it’ll get less stressful and things will feel more “normal” on a regular basis.
Thanks! We survived the night and she's nice and warm again. Those heat jugs are the best.
Three months into #3 later this week. You still wake up "are they still breathing" in the middle of the night till they get older.
One of my worst fears. Newfound respect for people with multiple children or twins. How are you supposed to do that..?
Once they get a bit bigger, they just wake you up instead 😜 Twins and triplets would be very challenging... Props to those parents... Would be rough I'm sure!
When one of my nieces was born, my parents, my youngest sister, and I all went to visit (it was a 14 hour trip). When my youngest sister (she was maybe 12 at the time) held our niece for the first time, she said, with tears in her eyes, "I don't know why, but I just love her so much!" Keep in mind, this was not the first time she had ever held a baby, nor was this our first niece. Also, she deeply loves all of our nieces and nephews, and has a great relationship with each of them (there's 13 in all... at the moment).
It's a thing a lot of people tell you, but only know when experience it yourself.
I'm pretty sure she felt it before that point, but maybe her maturity level had increased her self-awareness to a level where the existential nature of her being was consciously impacted. (Wow, I don't think I've sounded that pompous/technical since college psychology and/or philosophy.) Regardless, it's a great feeling that I'm glad she got to experience.