After my first daughter was born, I was shocked at how people, even complete strangers kept asking me if she was a good baby. What kind of question is that? Do they think that I could possibly not love her to pieces? Does it look like I don't like her? Then as more and more people asked the same question, I started to wonder if it was a normal question and that some people must answer, no, otherwise, why ask? But I was still perplexed by the whole idea of categorizing babies as either good babies or bad babies. At that point in my life I saw our first offspring as an extension of us, completing our family, a product of our love etc.... It was if someone was asking me if my right arm were good, even though it was clear to see that I have a splendid right arm. It wasn't till much later that I came to understand the question more as, "Is your baby well behaved? Does she sleep well? Eat well? etc..." And as I am getting older and wiser I can see that although sometimes our offspring are not well behaved, we still love them (maybe not to pieces in a bad moment) but more completely and fully, and as we get through difficult spots together, we start to understand what eternal love is.
I am happy and grateful to say that Alice is a good baby. She eats well, she sleeps well, and she even smiles and says "ga". She also has this fabulous hair that stands straight up. I didn't recognize it's uniqueness at first. The Miners got a kick out of it, that was when she was 2 weeks old and still hadn't gone out in public besides the doctor's office yet. The next week, I took her to church for the first time and people gave me all kinds of suggestions for how to get her hair to lay flat. It still didn't sink in until my dad who visited the next week made a comment to the effect of, "Can't you do anything to make it not stick up?" So the next Sunday, I tried putting mousse in it thinking that at least I could get the curls that naturally appear when her hair is wet to stay, to no avail. I tried moussing it down, and combing it over. Nothing "works," so I am just going to take the adive of one brother in our ward whose daughter had the same kind of hair as a baby and enjoy it for what it is--fabulous, and take lots of pictures.
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I think it's awesome! Throw a headband on it and you're good to go. :) There's a baby in our ward, a boy, whose hair stood straight up for like 3 months and now it's just finally lying down on it's own. I don't know if they tried anything on him but he was always at church with his tall hair! We always giggled. Babies can pull off that kind of look. :)
I seem to remember your right arm IS rather splendid. :)
Cute little spikey haired girl! It really looks like you must try to get it to do that. Funny that you can't get it to STOP doing that. And funny that people even think you should try, just because most babies don't have hair sticking 4 inches out from their head. :)
The hair is exactly that: "fabulous". Just my opinion but....don't try to tame it! It is adorable! I have a baby neice with that good hair too (dark, thick, and unruly)and I cannot keep myself from rubbing my fingers through it. Alice is so cute and I love the name. I miss your sweet family. Happy to see all is well.
I love that hair! It makes her look like a little chick. And that's the perfect look for spring!
The hair is great and gives her her own unique style! The "good baby" thing, I guess, is a conversation starter and generally means, "Does she sleep well?" :)
I remember people asking me if Henry was a good baby when he was born, and he was very colicky. I never wanted to answer no, as if I didn't love him and think he was wonderful. My aunt asked me that and then corrected herself and said that all babies are good. It made me cry at the time. I always try to ask specifics about how the baby is sleeping, how the baby's stomach is, etc. But, I'm glad Alice is content and happy. That makes things so much easier.
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