Single-handedly raising Baby

Ever wondered where this term has it's origin from? It's of course, a mother, who's given this excellent epithet to her child raising abilities.
Allow me to explain.
While feeding or making the baby sleep (two things that occupy most of the first few months) you cradle the baby in one arm whilst your other one either rests on her back, patting her off to dozeland or is free- to drink water, pick up the phone, browse a few sites, check on the FB world and download a few apps.
All this, done single-handedly!!
No wonder mothers are dextrous at multi-tasking!!

The perfect moment

Not when you looked me in the eye and asked me to marry you.
Not when we went round the sacred fire and became each others keeper forever.
Not when we decorated our first house together.
Not when we took that trip abroad for the nth time.
Not when we took the first drive in our third car.

Only when i held our daughter in my arms and we swayed to the soft floating piano music in the background and she lay snugly against me.

The importance of being burrrped!!

Ever paid attention to that innocuous little involuntary expulsion of air after a satisfying (or maybe not so satisfying but maybe fulfilling) meal? The one variously and comically defined and redefined by the likes of Shrek? Yes, the burrp. Thats right- not burp, but burrrp in a baby's case. Very important if you value your sleep - an unburped baby will twist and turn under the covers making ugly faces at you for not fulfilling your complete meal duty and force you to yet take little toodles in your arms and rock her to sleep-at two in tbe night, even though you've spent the best part of twelve doing the same exercise twice already.
And when it happens, the burrrp i mean- a deep, guttural, full throated one, you cant help but grin and be satisfied and utter in amazement- thank you, for your kind co-operation, baby!