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| Sunday, September 24, 2006 |
| Awwww, wook at de widdle toes... |
Alright, I didn't actually say that. I reserve babytalk strictly for puppies and kittens.
Today we went to meet Inara Jade, now two days old. We are on cat-feeding duties while our Friends-Around-the-Corner are in the Hospital-Around-More-Corners with their new baby. Modern maternity wings have rooms set up so that partners can stay - so, there is no-one left at home to feed the kitties. IJ is appropriately small and babylike. She has a dimple on her chin identical to her father, and her mother assures me that IJ in profile is identical to FAC's own baby photos. I have refrained from pointing out that babies - at two days old - tend to look more or less like others of their own racial background.
Ever heard the expression "useless as tits on a tomcat"? Well, that's pretty much how I feel around baby-oriented women. I have no common experience of childbearing or mothering. I am not inclined to coo and babble. Even gazing adoringly gets a bit much after a while. Oh well. I have been booked for mother-and-baby duty on Thursday, to be company for mum and an alternate baby-holder when she needs a break. I can read stories and sing songs with the best of them, so that's what I'll jolly well be doing, regardless of whether IJ gets much out of it. I was a speech pathologist, dammit. Reading to babies is good for them. |
posted by Ata @ 6:53 pm  |
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