That Baby Smell
I am in a good place with my family. I know that our baby days are behind us and while I miss my kiddos being wee babes, I love watching my children grow – each stage bringing new joy (and challenges).
But then, once and a while, I’m surrounded by pregnant people, or baby conversation, or smiling babies…or I put one on to wear for her nap (my borrowed baby in this picture is my niece). And my heart swells a bit – partly out of the fond memories I have for when I was the mother of an infant, partly in knowing that I’m in a new stage and not the baby one, and partly because in that moment, I’m simply feeling happy.
Can you relate?
And seriously, I can’t be the only one who smells a baby when they are that close to me 😉
7 Comments
Amy
I was scared to hold babies before I had mine, I’m scared to hold other people’s babies now.
Rebecca
sigh. so true.
Delta
I can so relate. I have a 3, 5 and 7yo so we are out of the baby stage too (and I’m happy about that) but every once a while, if I’m holding someone else’s little one, I get so nostalgic…
Rebecca
it’s hard not to I think!
Elise
I was at my local drop-in centre yesterday for their monthly Sunday brunch and there were 2 newborns (and countless older babies, including my 15 months-old who is a toddler now but I like to say he’s still a baby, please don’t contradict).
Anyway… once those newborns were taken out of their winter gear, you could take a look at all the women around, and we all had that look, that look where our uterus has constricted and sent an hormonal charge to our brain that said “WANT.ONE.NOW.PLEASE.HELP” 🙂
I think most of us can’t help it… and yes, that smell of newness is just irresistible.
Rebecca
It’s hard not to feel that for sure!!
Candace
That baby smell makes my ovaries hurt….true story.