Baby snugglin’
Every now and then Tammy’s been asking me to watch the baby for half an hour or so while she and Joud get some time for snugglin’ without baby interference. Tonight was one of those nights, and I have to say that he is a damn sweet baby.
It’s weird, there’s some, almost biological, attachment thing that happens when you sit there holding a baby. Well, ok, maybe not if the baby is crying it’s head off and driving you bonkers, but typically Gabe only cries at the appropriate times: when he’s hungry, when he wants to go to bed, when he needs his diaper changed, and when you’re not paying enough attention, mostly the latter. Giving him enough attention to keep him happy for half an hour is tiring. I can’t imagine a whole day. And that baby is an attention black hole. Doesn’t matter how much you give him he sucks in in and just needs more.
I guess it’s to be expected. He can’t move under his own power. He’s ravenously curious about this amazing world around him, and his caretakers are his only means of feeding that curiosity. I be concerned if he was happy just sitting there in his swing all day.
But yeah, you sit there holding a baby and you just want to protect it, keep it safe, and that smile is like magic.
I totally want a kid, have wanted one for years, but honestly, I don’t know if I’m up for the baby raising part of the program. That’s a full time job. I’d do it if I had to, or help someone I loved do it, but given the choice, I think I’d be happier adopting a kid, preferably female, that had made it to the walking and talking stage.
…I wonder what it would be like courting someone with a child. Probably it’s both radically different, and very much the same.
As for the pic. I’m not thrilled with it. But hey, I’m drawing ~210 pics a year. Some days are gonna be better than others. 
