One cool thing about having a kid is that moment when your first kid arrives. There is no more powerful moment. I don't think you can possibly be ready for that moment. It's freaky as hell when that ginormous head pops out, but holy smokes is that ever something else.
Oh, and if mama thinks the kid needs to go to the hospital, the kid needs to go to the hospital.
My boy was 8 days old when my wife was real worried about the kid's breathing, saying it was too raspy. I wasn't going to fight her about it, so we went to Emergency, and lo and behold the kid was admitted for the next 8 days with a respiratory virus. Mama knows best.
I'll tell you what, though, there isn't a whole lot in this world scarier than seeing your brand new infant tied to all those tubes. Freaky stuff.
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