What do you miss about having a newborn?

[RainbowBrite]

I miss that smell, the feeling of them being so reliant on you, the way they finish a feed with that glazed over content look in there eye and a milky mouth.
I miss late night snuggles, playing with tiny hands, soft downy head, eyes that can't get enough of you, soft skin.
The feeling of them sound asleep on your chest...the warmth and love between the two of you.
I am not having any more and I am sad I didn't get that brand newborn stage with my last two.

[tellytubby]

The smell of LUX flakes.

Those beautiful cuddles during horrible hours of the night.

Those little grunts.


Oh man... *lays an egg*

[aussienic]

Oh man... *lays an egg*

yep I admit I am doing that now. I just want to rewind back to one of my baby's newborn stage just for one night..

I used to love that glazed milk drunk look and seeing them dribble milk everywhere..

[*TripleJ*]

lol tellytubby love it PMSL

[Gigi]

what i miss about the newborn stage . . .

- the hand movements so dainty and elegant, they remind me of Balinese dancing

- how it takes all their energy to drink

- the noisy sucking and gulping

- the contented milk drunk sleep after a feed

- the folds of velvetty skin on arms, legs, shoulders

- the trusting eyes that search you out

- the kicking legs, continually bicycling the air

- fitting into the tiny nb nappies, with the skinny legs sticking out of the fluffy butt

Even though she's a gorgeous four years old bilby now, i miss the memories of when she was a nb bilby.

[mummajj]

oh what a great thread!

my baby is almost 4 months old, so not teeny newborn anymore.

i loved that newborn smell in the days after he was born. i actually kept a jumpsuit that he wore and put it in my little momentos box unwashed.
that scrunched up face and eyes that just don't quite wanna open all the way to see the world.
the way they stay curled up when you pick them up. like when you get them out of the car.
def the overwhelming love that brought me to tears every time i thought of him for those first few weeks.

awww now i want another one. lol. i look forward to doing it all again.

and another one...those pouty lips and sucking the bottom lip. naaawww.

[indie24]

I miss all of the stuff mentioned above. I also miss the way DD would be totally alert one minute and the next she would be asleep.

[~Kim~]

I am soooo not a fan of newborns (much prefer them when they're that bit older and more robust), but there are some things I will miss.

those froggy fingers on your chest while they feed
a tiny person snuggled in a sling, and whose wriggling doesn't throw out your centre of gravity

[Little Chicken]

They way they nuzzle into your neck to go to sleep after a feed. Makes you feel everything is right with the world.

[MummaSue]

I am soooo not a fan of newborns (much prefer them when they're that bit older and more robust)

I am sooo glad that someone else isn't a fan of newborns. I'm still really traumatised by the first few months.

But I did love that milk drunk look, just when they've had a BF and they're all droopy and sleepy