It happened. I put a finger in my baby's mouth and felt a tooth! We had company last night, my friend came with her daughter who is just over a year older than Kate, her husband and a couple other friends.
I was so excited about the tooth, I called my mom after Kate went to bed and left a message about her tooth. Today I have all these mother fears about this new development. I have to brush her teeth now! And what if she bangs her little tooth and chips it? What if she cuts her lip on it? Gawd! Motherhood is so immensely satisfying, but it comes with all these crazy questions. Someone once told me the minute you find out you're pregnant, you begin to worry and you never stop worrying from that moment on. I'm not a super-paranoid mom, I think I'm pretty laid back, but it's hard not have a few fears.
Today I went to my friend's baby's baptizism. There were about 12 babies being baptized and it seemed a little assembly-line to me, but whatever. I sat with a mutual friend and we whispered to each other through the service, which seemed a little sacrilegious, but it was so boring. Kate was really good, she had on her little fairy dress and she made a few whooping noises, but basically she sat on my knee and swung her legs the entire time. She also spent a good part of the time flirting with the men!
I don't think, if there is a God, he/she would be so cruel as to doom a child to Purgatory just because its parents didn't get it baptized. When Kate is older and she decides this is something she wants, we will support her, but I just don't believe in baptisms for babies.
My baby has a tooth!
2 comments:
I agree with your view on baptism. It's absolutely ridiculous to think your child will be punished in the afterlife for not being baptised.
However, I do see the value in baptism if it's done as an initiation into the chuch to which the family in actively involved! Otherwise - well, it's a show.
Oh - and thanks again for dinner. It was delicious.
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