In the first moments, your new little one seems more like an alien than a bundle of joy, but after a bath for baby and a few deep breaths for the new parents, your little angel looks their part. Their little red face is all scrunched up, and the sounds that voice from their puckered little mouth are the most precious notes you could ever hope for. You ache any time the nurses take them for tests, and you deny offers from well meaning friends and family who offer to hold them while you get some sleep. All you want to do is be with your new baby, and you'll forego food, water and sleep to do just that! When Baby Will Make Three
“We’re Having a Baby! What a Wonderful Way to Say How Much I Love You!”
You and your spouse have been together for some time now and up until now it’s been just the “two” of you. You are a couple. In the time that you have been together 100% of the attention and affection has been geared towards each other.
Every day, a couple lives their routine lives and makes choices and decisions based on and for each other. Days spent are ones where they live carefree, ones where they can come and go when they wish, and take a vacation when desired with no dependents to worry about. It’s a world according to “two” people.
Somewhere down the journey of life a road is taken and the choice to conceive a baby is made. When a couple is in love and committed to each other, the decision to have a family is often inevitable. What better way is there to say “We love each other” than to create a family?
Many factors come into play when deciding on when to have a child. Most couples want to be financially stable, have work security, purchase a home, etc. The “when” question comes into effect and it is very important that both individuals are ready and are capable.
If you are a couple who is deciding on this life long decision, ask yourselves:
- Is our relationship stable and secure?
- Can we both share in the responsibilities of child and home care?
- Will a baby add an extra special something to our relationship? Is there enough love to give to a child?
- Can we afford to have a baby?
- How will having a baby affect our careers?
- Do we have the same thoughts and ideas of the bringing up of a baby? Example, religion, education, and discipline. If not, does it pose a problem for the child’s upbringing?
- Do we have a support system near us to help, if required?
Truly, both individuals in a relationship should honestly discuss these issues as well as any other questions that arise. The decision to conceive a baby and have a family is an important decision and one that should be made for all the right reasons.
Having a baby is one of life’s most rewarding events and, unfortunately, it can also take it’s toll on a relationship if the decision was not for the right reasons. I’ve seen a number of people bring a child into the world for the wrong reasons and the relationship does not last. For others, the relationship was not strong and secure enough to withstand the addition of a baby. Unfortunately, the child is then brought up in a single parent home and not in a home where both parents are present on a day-to-day basis.
A baby should make a relationship stronger and more fulfilling. A baby should make a relationship whole and complete. Most importantly, one should always think of the best interests of the child.
The birth of a baby makes “3″ and a family! Cuddles ‘n Gifts sends best wishes to those who are planning to conceive and those who are blessed with a pregnancy, and congratulations to those who have just welcomed their new baby to the world!
