I Have a Confession
As cute as he is, it's still not my favorite stage.
I have a confession to make. The newborn stage is not at all my favorite stage in the life of my kids. I know, we’re all supposed to love newborns and their squishy little faces and thighs. I just don’t.
Now, I love kids. Obviously – I have three of them. And I love all three of my kids. I even loved them when they were newborns. However, I am just not into the newborn stage.
This stage is hard – they’re born knowing how to do almost nothing. You have to teach them how to eat and sleep, help them burp, hold up their head, the list goes on and on. Throw in that they don’t know how to smile or communicate with you other than through crying and that you’re not getting enough sleep to competently handle any of these stressors, and the newborn stage is really difficult.
I get really excited when my kids start interacting through smiles and baby talk and you get to start seeing who they truly are. You can get peeks at their personalities from birth, but it’s not until they’re older that you get to see who they will become. As they get older, I love the positive feedback from their smiles, and I love them doing something other than cry, eat, sleep, burp, and fill their diapers. Joshua is cute, but Nathan and Emily are fun.
I’m trying to do a better job of just enjoying the moments as our little ones grow up and not wishing them away. I know that this phase will pass too quickly. Joshua has already technically graduated from being a newborn and is now an infant. That doesn’t mean that I’m not excited for the stage when I can put Joshua down in his crib wide awake and he can put himself to sleep. I’m really excited for that day.
What are your feelings about newborns? Love them or not so much?
