When people told me life was going to change (when you have a baby), I'd balk, as if somehow I would be exempt from that fate. Your life, as you know it, will be gone forever, they'd foreshadow. And they cackled in that way voodoo witches tend to do when they are casting spells that don't rhyme and can't be undone. They said my whole focus would be different. In fact, and not to nitpick here, my entire center of gravity has shifted.
My senses have been sharpened. I can hear the baby's lips purse through the wall in another room. I can now see in the dark. My maternal sixth sense has been supplanted by a seventh: anticipating.
Also... here's a quote from Thomas Edison that is on my fridge. I read it today and thought... "hum... I'm looking forward to when Gwen can tell me goodnight and sleep right through."
"Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music." - Thomas A. Edison
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That's terrific! I think that anticipating is what makes your kids think you have eyes in the back of your head :)
I think it's soothing to watch my kids sleeping. I check on them before I go to bed and it's funny how many times they are both sleeping in the same position!
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