If you think about it, it’s actually surprising people love babies as much as they do. They scream at you and oftentimes you have no idea why they are screaming. Their little arms get so excited that they just start flapping and swinging around and you get slapped in the face countless times throughout the day because of it. They pull your hair, spit on you, pee on you, poop on you and deprive you of sleep. Yet we still can’t get enough of them and feel like our hearts might just burst because we love them so much.
My little stinky minks had his 6 month checkup and shots today. It was a rough visit for him. Tonight, I put him to bed and about an hour later he woke up crying. He wasn’t hungry, didn’t need a diaper change and didn’t want his binky. I held him close and he immediately snuggled his face into my neck and I felt his whole body relax instantly. He quickly fell back asleep. I sat in the rocking chair with him like that because I realized that the day was hard for him and he just wanted momma. While I sat there holding him, smelling him, feeling him breathing against me; I realized what it is that’s so special about babies.
Their love is pure. It’s that simple. They don’t have an agenda. No ulterior motives. They don’t know how to play head games. They don’t make sarcastic comments that make you wonder if maybe it wasn’t totally sarcasm and maybe they actually do feel that way. They just…..love. My son needed absolutely nothing from me other than to be close to me. Feeling me, smelling me and my arms holding him securely is all he needed to feel calm and safe again. I didn’t have to say a word. I rested my cheek against his cheek and I felt him smile. I don’t mean I just felt his face move into a smile (which I did), but I felt that smile deep in my soul. I was blissfully happy. Isn’t it amazing that a tiny human that has no way of really communicating with you, can still let you know how much they love you and need you? It’s the purest love there is. Then they turn into teenagers and you question whether they love you at all some days. So of course we are obsessed with babies. We know that is the only person (and the only time in their life) that their love is the purest. We are their whole world. They don’t care about the mistakes we make. They just need us to be there with them, loving them.