I am lucky enough to work with a bunch of women who get along amazingly well considering the
amount of estrogen permeating the halls. We enjoy each other and share our lives with one another. They have supported me and been a source of encouragement, advice, and gifts at showers (thanks everyone!) throughout my marriage and the birth of my son that have happened within the last 10 months. My mom came from New Mexico to visit (I'm not fooling myself...we were NOT the main attraction), and she brought Jim-Jim up to my office for lunch on Friday. The first woman took hold of him, and I didn't see him again for 30 minutes. He was brought to my office after all of the women had gotten their baby fill, examining him, cuddling him, sniffing him (you read me right, I can't tell you how many women I've witnessed sniffing my child!)... One thing about family is that
they can be brutally honest, and "extended" family is no different. Before Jim-Jim was returned to me, I heard chattering in the office halls and one comment stuck out to me. "Kara needs to have another baby so she can have one that looks like her." I couldn't help but laugh! Yes, folks, my child is a carbon copy of his father, and I wouldn't know he was mine if I hadn't carried him for 9 months! I think he's a lucky boy, and he's going to be a heart-breaker when he's older!
Kara
amount of estrogen permeating the halls. We enjoy each other and share our lives with one another. They have supported me and been a source of encouragement, advice, and gifts at showers (thanks everyone!) throughout my marriage and the birth of my son that have happened within the last 10 months. My mom came from New Mexico to visit (I'm not fooling myself...we were NOT the main attraction), and she brought Jim-Jim up to my office for lunch on Friday. The first woman took hold of him, and I didn't see him again for 30 minutes. He was brought to my office after all of the women had gotten their baby fill, examining him, cuddling him, sniffing him (you read me right, I can't tell you how many women I've witnessed sniffing my child!)... One thing about family is that
they can be brutally honest, and "extended" family is no different. Before Jim-Jim was returned to me, I heard chattering in the office halls and one comment stuck out to me. "Kara needs to have another baby so she can have one that looks like her." I couldn't help but laugh! Yes, folks, my child is a carbon copy of his father, and I wouldn't know he was mine if I hadn't carried him for 9 months! I think he's a lucky boy, and he's going to be a heart-breaker when he's older!Kara
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I've seen a lot of people who smell babies - I guess they smell unique apparently.
If I had had a baby while working at the hospital, I swear half of those snotty nurses in the NICU would love me suddenly.
Women love the smell of babies. My old boss "warned" me that when I brought Remington in to her office, she would close the door and just smell him! Weird? No, natural! Give it about 12 years and no one will want to sniff him!
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