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I'm Not An Expert

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I’ve mentioned before that I help to take care of my baby niece during the week. This is the third baby that I’ve helped to raise (my own daughter and this baby’s older sister included), but I seem to learn new things with each one. What I’m noticing with this little cutie is the fact that everything seems to change from day to day. I’d forgotten that about babies through the years. I’m realizing now that her sleep patterns, her eating patterns, and the kind of mood that she’s in (hyper/mellow, playful/fussy, silly/serious) all seem to change from day to day. Every time that I think I’m on top of who she is and what she needs, she changes again. I can only be careful to watch daily and adjust accordingly. Do you want to know the weird thing about these thoughts? My mind and my body are the same as the baby’s. My physical condition, along with my mood and perspective, seems to change as time rolls on. I believe that things change constantly within my mind concerning my physical circumst...