Birth is a messy process. Once the baby arrives everything seems to be in full flow; your boobs leak, the baby spits up, nappies leak and explode (what is it with breastfed poo!), you need superstrength maternity pads and the crazy hormones make you cry for no good reason!
So it was a much needed reminder of the old world, the pre-new-baby world, when my hubbie got dressed and went out to the pharmacy when babypixie was a few days old.
He worked through the scribbled shoppping list asking the shop assistants for all the mysterious mammy things… 2 packets of large maternity pads, leakproof sheets for the bed, nappies, nappy rash cream, baby wipes, cotton wool, a million boxes of breast pads and nipple cream, where the f*&k is the nipple cream!
In a sleep-deprived daze he eventually made it to the counter, handed over the basket and the teenaged girl says, looking adoringly at its contents…. “Oh wow, you have a new baby, that must be so cute!”.
Cute! Not a word hubbie would have used at that very moment, but when he arrived home and looked past the sopping wet breastpads and exploding nappies there was his little baby daughter nursing to sleep in the arms of her mammy, not just cute, it was perfect!
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this is lovely! poor hubbies/partners! mine also went to buy nipple cream for me ; )