Last night we hosted Baby Dee's Bio-Mom and brother for a celebration dinner at our home. Today Mom and Bro move to The Other Side Of The State, and Baby will follow soon. It was nice, natural, relaxed. Mom and I spend so much time together at appointments we are comfortable with one another. A genuine connection has been made and, I am confident, will continue.
The Other Mother supervised AK and Bobby cleaning up while the brother slept on the couch. He practically fell asleep sitting at the dinner table (his new sleep time med apparently works quickly). We all watched the DVD movie The Other Mother made for the baby (she makes all "our" kids a DVD. Then the boys showed the baby's Mom their movies...
It was comfortable how we traded off and took turns parenting the Baby...Mom cuddled her, I fed her (and let her get quite messy at dinner), Mom undressed her, I got her bath ready, we bathed her, I dried her, Mom dressed her and held her, I held her and put her down to sleep. Together we just stood over her crib and marveled at her...until the Other Mother came in to the room, kissed baby good-night and said "How many Mothers does it take to put one baby to bed?".
Three. I'm thinking three.
So beautiful! It really does take a village.
ReplyDeleteIt gives me hope that this mama realises that it takes a village too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a precious picture!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet your comment just gave me chills. What a luckly little lady baby D is. So many people love her.
ReplyDeleteLucky little duck having three mamas... My Simeon was asking about his birth mama today and I told him how very lucky he was to have a Mama and a Mama Monica who love him so very much!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely precious!!!! It's amazing the connections one can make. My first foster kids were 6 month old twins born to a teen. Turned out she lived less than a mile from my home so over the next 19 months we worked together to teach her good parenting skills and build up her relationship with them (she was unsure she could handle it). She got them back after they turned two and the girls are now teenagers and their mom and I still call them "our" daughters! You are building a wonderful foundation!
ReplyDeleteMoved me to tears. Such a beautiful and heartwarming post. It does indeed take a village.
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