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The Fascination with Newborns

By Amy BlairPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Why do we attach ourselves to newborns more than any other age group?

When someone is having a baby we anticipate and get so excited. Waiting and waiting for that moment to come when we hear they have went into labor. I have found that when people that are expecting, myself included, it brings people out of the woodwork. People that maybe you haven't spoke with in years all the sudden forge into your life bearing gifts and sentiment. I admit I even follow my friends on social media that have babies more than others that don't.

What is this stigma? We don't often get excited or feel the need to keep up with... say a 14-year-old. Is it because babies are so innocent... they can't judge us yet. You can force yourself onto a newborn by holding it, with permission from the parents of course, but we don't do that with a five-year-old.

Or is it that the human heart has a soft spot for miniature versions of our own kind?

Or maybe just the purest innocence we will ever witness entices us that we form a fascination. To see a new life starting out from scratch... no baggage just endless possibilities is so refreshing and optimistic to us.

Of course there are just as many people out there that don't care for babies and children that do. However, most those people have never been parents.

I always thought growing up that I had no interest in kids or wanting my own. Then it happened and my perspective was forever changed.

As I sit here awaiting word on my sister's best friend who was admitted today, I suppose I just couldn't help but ponder all these thoughts. Knowing that I will never directly be part of this baby's life but yet take such great interest in the whole scenario of it.

My maternal grandma was the same way. I am pretty sure she preferred the company of babies more than any adult on the planet! As I get older I can see that I have basically the same perspective. There is just something so angelic about a newborn.

The whole process is nothing short of a miracle. Which makes it even harder to accept when there are miscarriages and stillborn births everyday. The national average per year is 15 to 20 percent in the United States of babies that do not make it into this world. I cannot imagine the pain felt by such tragic loss as these.

In the world today with all the social media, violence, politics, and other the other distractions it had been so easy for us to desensitize this type of miracle. Also, why does it always seem that the people that take for granite having the ability to have children are always the ones turning up pregnant?

It breaks my heart thinking about all the unwanted babies. Or the overwhelming number of children in the foster care system.

Children do not ASK to be born. They can't pick their parents or what situation they are born in to, and that is the saddest part of it all. The only thing I can try to do is focus on all the children that are born into the right environment and circumstances to be able to truly develop their most authentic self. How enlightening to think of future presidents, inventors, leaders and mentors that maybe aren't even born yet! Hopefully this is the form of hope we can hold onto.

Enough of all my late night ramblings. Peace be with all the expectant mothers out there and cherish your little miracles.

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