Soon I will miss these things and probably will only experience it again in small instants with someone else's newborn... or when I turn grandmother =)
I love watching...
- the random facial expressions he makes...
- his mouth opening and closing in different configurations
- the spurts of rapid quick breathing
- the way one arm and hand will wiggle out of his hospital white top when crying vigorously
- his head turn from side to side trying to suck on anything around when hungry
- that newborn baby smell...
- the hospital pacifier... haha - it actually smells like chocolate!
- even the stinky diapers have a particular smell... not like the diapers later on when he starts solids
- the tiny grunts and snorts he make while he sleeps
- the rhythmic slurp slurp gulp gulp during a good feed
- that newborn cry that is so particular... not loud or whiny.. just the 'wah wah wah' announcing his presence
- his tiny teensy feet
- the small tight clutch of his little hand around my finger
- his smooth soft cheek against my cheek
- his itty bitty nose cool against my nose
- his fine sparse hair
- being able to hold him in the crook of one arm all bundled up like a burrito
- the little umbilical cord clip that will fall off soon
- even that black tarry poop that sticks to everything and takes rigorous rubbing to come off
- little tiny mittens and little tiny booties...
- the newborn hospital cap
- everything teensy weensy!
- finally... knowing I can leave him in a bassinet and he'll pretty much be in the same position when I come back
