Pre Thea I spent a lot of time reading up
on babies – they sleep habits, their routines, their cries, they wants and
needs. People told me to do this and that and I would soon have an easy going,
well adjusted baby. “Bring on the baby!” I thought, because in theory I was a
baby expert and I knew what was going on.
When Thea arrived, the reading stopped. Now
things got practical. Thea cried, pooped, slept and fed whenever she wanted to.
I could not control her – in fact, I was HER slave, attending to her every
whim. Thea wanted a feed at 3 in the morning
- dutiful me scrambled to satisfy her. Thea pooped and peed whenever she
wanted to, even into my hands. She puked on me, over her going-out clothes and
occasionally into a burp cloth.
Thea has an easy going nature and this is
definitely not because of any routine or crap theories I tried out on her. She
just is a lovely baby and I am so lucky.
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