Okay, I am quite sure that the List of Things I Vow to Not Do Upon Entering Motherhood will be a long list, and will probably be impossible to actually sit down and write in one setting. But there's one that I have to get off my chest, first and foremost . . .
One of the primary things I am vowing to not do is send out to the masses delivery room pictures. Sure we'll take them and treasure them, and they'll go to family and whomever wants to see them, but I'm just going to be honest when I tell you that delivery room pictures freak me out. The mother always looks exhausted and the baby looks weird. These of course are natural things - after all I hear it is exhausting and your baby does not come out look like it's about to be in a Gerber ad. Even though my arrival is coming around the holidays, I will not be sending out Xmas cards featuring me, him, and his dad all smiles, with the hospital bed and IV cords in the background.
Babies all look the same when they're born. Let's be honest. And it takes a couple months before you can really see what (and who) they're going to look like. With the exception of my niece, I have never seen a newborn baby resemble anyone except, well, a little old man. Like every mother, I plan on showing off my kid. I'm fairly confident, given the gene combination, he'll be a nice looking baby. However, I prefer to arrange his first cover shots when he isn't wrinkled, red, and with a misshapen head from the trip down the birth canal.
So maybe you'll get a New Year's card from me . . .
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You are too funny... you will send the pictures because you'll take one look at your baby and want the rest of the world, well family, to see. I agree, picture of tired Mommy and blood shot eyed Daddy, not so cute. But the baby... watch out! Sure he or she may look like an elder, but when you see the tiny hands and feet... priceless.
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