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The Wonders of Newborns

What Makes Babies So Unique and Special

By Shannon McKelden

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"I spent hours staring at my newborn son, unable to stop noticing the tiniest details about him," says Marilyn Brant of Grayslake, Ill. "The translucency of his eyelids when he blinked, the soft sighs of his breath when he slept, the quiver of his chin when he cried for me. And it was in recognizing the very smallness of him, that perceived fragility and, yet, his enormous power over me, that I realized just how magnificent a creation he was ... and how wonderful and huge was my responsibility in being a mom."

A Sensory Treat

Whenever I'm around a newborn baby, I breathe deeper. My lungs expand more fully. I close my eyes to block out anything else but my sense of smell. Whether it's the fragrance of their hair, the warm curve of their neck or their brand-new breath smell, I love it.

For Mary E. Tyler, a mom from Ivor, Va., it's "that sweet-sour breast-milk smell," she loves.

"Babies have this wonderful, sweet smell," says Monica Burns, a mom from Richmond, Va. "It's sort of like that scent you can smell when you go down the baby aisle in the store. The baby powder, the Johnson's baby shampoo. My youngest still uses Johnson's baby shampoo, but it doesn't smell the same as it did when she was between a few weeks and a year old. I think it's innocence I smell."

Someone to Hold

I never wanted to put my babies down. I wanted to hold them constantly. The way their little bodies molded to mine, relaxed and trusting – the memory still makes me misty. Whether we were nursing or napping, it didn't matter. We had each other.

"Nursing was nice," says Oceanside, Calif., resident Cathy Wilson. "Once we figured outhow it worked. And when I figured out I could sleep with him without rolling over on him. Snuggling with him was great."


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