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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 734532" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>LOL, Lil! You know, I know of mothers today, some that had babysitting experience growing up (like me), and others that no babysitting experience, and a few that were around younger children and babies growing up, even a few that had children of their own, still lack that motherly instinct of proper holding, etc. They even look out of place when carrying a baby or dealing with problems related to little ones, so it's one of those things that we women aren't necessarily born with, as so many like to believe.</p><p></p><p>At the time my first siblings were making their debut, I was more of a mommy's helper, fetching this, getting that, rounding-up one of these or one of those (sort of big sisters), but I was always watching how things were done, and when my mom would change someone's diapers, I was right there standing at the end of the crib watching, and though I never put one-and-one together at the time it was happening, my mom was in a sense, molding me for the feeding and changing that would come. She explained things to me like, "<em>always keep a couple of fingers between the baby and the diaper when pinning, so you don't prick the baby</em>", and having her drum those certain things into me time and time again as she did, I well knew the drill as to how to change a diaper long before I ever actually officially changed one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 734532, member: 21572"] LOL, Lil! You know, I know of mothers today, some that had babysitting experience growing up (like me), and others that no babysitting experience, and a few that were around younger children and babies growing up, even a few that had children of their own, still lack that motherly instinct of proper holding, etc. They even look out of place when carrying a baby or dealing with problems related to little ones, so it's one of those things that we women aren't necessarily born with, as so many like to believe. At the time my first siblings were making their debut, I was more of a mommy's helper, fetching this, getting that, rounding-up one of these or one of those (sort of big sisters), but I was always watching how things were done, and when my mom would change someone's diapers, I was right there standing at the end of the crib watching, and though I never put one-and-one together at the time it was happening, my mom was in a sense, molding me for the feeding and changing that would come. She explained things to me like, "[I]always keep a couple of fingers between the baby and the diaper when pinning, so you don't prick the baby[/I]", and having her drum those certain things into me time and time again as she did, I well knew the drill as to how to change a diaper long before I ever actually officially changed one. [/QUOTE]
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