my family loves babies. really loves babies. seriously, if you show up at a family function with a baby, you're not going to touch the child the entire time you're there & will probably have to fight to get your baby back when you leave. they love babies.
2 of my mom's sisters just came to visit the guys for the first time, & i didn't hold a baby, give a bottle, burp anyone or change a diaper the entire time they were here. they just swoop in, scoop up the kids & go to work-- rocking, cooing, cuddling & basically go into super-grandma mode. it's awesome.
altho i have to say, that as baby-crazy as my family is, they do not let the kids run the show. i have a girlfriend whose 2 yr old niece runs the family. baby is cranky, the whole family bends over backwards trying to please her & caters to her every whim. it's nuts. i'm all for babies, but there have to be limits, you know? my theory is that babies tend to rule in smaller families. my extended family is HUGE, & while they love babies they have pretty reasonable expectations for kids, since there are scads of them around at all times. in my experience small families tend to fuss more & i think its bc the baby experience is a rarer thing. this is a very non-scientific theory tho, so i could be wrong.... what do you think?
as a postscript to this post, wow did my guys just go crazy... i had to break in the midst of typing for a bout of insanity with 2 screaming dudes, both pukey & starving, both of whom peed all over during a diaper change, necessitating their 4th outfit change of the day (for each of them!) whew... calmness reigns again, but now i think i need a nap! can't wait til their daddy gets home...
word to all of it. although i have to admit when my daughter gets "fussy" it's a perfect excuse to not attend a lot of things i don't want to :) so win win. she doesn't rule the family but she's a great excuse sometimes.
ReplyDeletegod that sounds horrible :)