I never thought I would lose a parent just after I became one
People used to call my mom The Baby Whisperer. If there was a baby in the room, you could pretty much guarantee that she was holding it. Nothing brought her joy like news of a newborn, and she regularly called family and friends to report the latest local births, along with names and weights. She shopped excessively for baby clothes and had a full arsenal of gifts ready for baby showers. My two sisters and I often heard laments about the fact that all her friends had several grandchildren, while she had only one. So when I called her with my own news that I was pregnant, she was ecstatic.
My mom lived two provinces away in Steinbach, Manitoba, and by the time I was halfway through my second trimester, packages with cards and newborn outfits started to arrive regularly by mail to my home in Calgary. Bags of baby gifts and supplies were delivered at visits. Daily calls about how I was feeling became the norm. When my son, Santiago, was born, I still remember listening to my mom?s voicemail at the hospital. ?Thank you for making me the proudest grandma in the world,? she choked out, her voice thick with emotion. Every parent can relate to the fog of the first few months with a baby. For me, the fog seemed to last longer than it did for most. Six months in, I still felt undone. My son had severe colic. When he wasn?t nursing or being walked in his stroller, he was crying. He slept next to me and woke up just often enough to make sure I never slept for more than two consecutive...
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