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Baby Love

What's love got to do with it? Everything.

Thanks to Vanessa Antoine

Although parents prepare for "life with child" during pregnancy, nothing can prepare a mom or dad for the awesome love that overcomes you the moment you see your child for the first time. Let's face it: Newborns are not pretty. Still, somehow that minutes-old slippery little squirt will make you see life in a whole different way, and you will swear that your newborn truly is the most beautiful baby ever born.

I'm convinced our daughter was the hairiest baby born in 2005—a mini-Chewbacca. She came with a head full of hair and sideburns to match. Still, she was the most beautiful baby that hospital has ever seen … according to us, anyway. Yep, it's the love talkin'.

Yes, this love will make parents overlook small annoyances, like the lack of sleep, cold meals and getting peed or pooped on. That love God puts in your heart when you become a parent is unmatched by any other emotion. My husband remembered this love every time he forgot to keep baby covered while changing a diaper and got exploded on with the mustard-yellow poop my daughter produced so well. Gag reflexes and all, he managed to get the mess cleaned up and smother our poop-machine with kisses, forgetting that he'd just been poopified. Love'll do that to ya.

Every time friends called with free tickets to once-in-a-lifetime concerts and we had to turn them down because we had a brand new baby to care for, there were no hard feelings. Spending the evenings watching our sweet angel discover her hands or rolling over for the first time were much better shows than any concert any day. At an age when most folks are out painting the town red, we stayed in painting a bedroom pink, and we wouldn't trade that for anything. Period. That's what love is all about.

Babies really change people. For the shopaholic, skinny-heel-boot shopping becomes Weebok shopping. For the romantic, sexy nights with your husband become gazing-at-the-baby nights. Those amateur chefs? Gerber becomes gourmet on plastic china and rubber-tipped flatware. Oh yes, all of those things that used to be priorities take a backseat once that cuddly, sweet-smelling little baby enters the world. Brace yourselves, parents-to-be: Life will never be the same, yet you'll love every minute of it.

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ChristinaStav
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6/3/2009 - 5:48PM
Report Abuse 		I am soooo looking forward to it...
jstaggs
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5/27/2009 - 5:55PM
Report Abuse 		Well Said...Before I got pregnant (unexpeted and unplanned) all that was on my mind was what we were doing this weekend and where to party next. But the day I found out I was pregnant everything changed, and I welcomed the change...All those things that used to consume my life seemed so unimportant now...And its only the beginning, the best is yet to come for me and my new little family!
cmsmommy
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10/2/2008 - 2:31AM
Report Abuse 		:-) i thought my son looked like an alien, its ok, hes a handsome lil boy now!! but he was hairy, VERY hairy... babys are beautiful, although a few of my friends have had babies and i was like.... hmmm? ugh... person or animal??
XavierPrince
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9/6/2008 - 12:16PM
Report Abuse 		Very True, when you hold the little one(s)in your arms you feel something very special that you can't describe.
Sybesma
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8/9/2008 - 11:16PM
Report Abuse 		I completely agree with you.
just_curious
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6/18/2008 - 9:22AM
Report Abuse 		I hear you but I think the amount your life has to change really depends on WHO you are....and I don't think that WHO you are makes you a good or bad mom. I have some friends that have babysitters all the time - they can afford it and it makes them feel good to go to that concert. I have stay at home friends who have a babysitter 4 days a week (so they can just be by themselves and do their own thing.) Everyone knows how much they can take...and what their threshold is. I am sometimes jealous of the people who DON'T let their lives change. I often feel guilty about doing thing my "old" way...even though I don't think they're bad for taking the time off. Actually, I think it would probably make me a better mom if I got a break more often.
Sisu
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5/29/2008 - 3:09PM
Report Abuse 		I wish my baby was the hairest-- mine is (still) bald. You're right, nothing compares to the feeling of holding your baby.


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