Baby For Rent
We take daily pictures of the baby (and he is extremely photogenic) but there are some things that images can’t capture. The softness of his palms and the soles of his feet. The smell of the back of his neck after a bath. How the top of his head feels, duckfuzz warm and damp with baby sweat. The way he puts his head on my shoulder and snuggles into my neck. The limp noodle way he sleeps. The feeling of his feet paddling against my side while he nurses.
I see people with older kids, great kids who read and talk, have ideas, build cool things, and these parents are proud of what their big kids can do. Still, when they get near our baby they have to hold him, touch his fuzzy scalp, smell his neck and feel his soft hands.
I could probaby rent him out and make a fortune. Like babysitting, only you pay us.
