Last weekend, Taylor surprised me with a date to see the new documentary Babies. For those of you who haven't heard of it, the film follows four babies from birth through their first year in four different parts of the world: San Fransisco, Mongolia, Toyko, and Namibia. Walking into the theater was like walking in for OBGYN visit: nearly everyone there was pregnant. :)
The movie opens with two little boys in Namibia playing in the dirt with rocks as toys, and you quickly realize the stark contrast that the movie will paint between the civilized nations and the developing world. Despite the obvious juxtaposition of the "have" and the "have not" babies, each child seemed perfectly able to adjust to the life he or she was going to live, and each mother, family or village was able to provide the care that the babies needed.
While I know thousands of hours of video were edited to make the documentary, it was reassuring to know that if these women all over the world could figure out what motherhood was all about, than surely I will be able to as well.
Which is a good thing, considering this baby's coming in less than three months. :)
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