Baby – it’s so exciting to hear you sleep
in the next room
Baby – you need feeding at eight, at four
and at noon
Baby – we go out in the car because you
like the rocking
Baby – the midwife said you’d be walking as
soon as you’re crawling
Sometimes when you’re awake all night its
like we’re in a dream
How can something
quite so small make so much noise when it screams?
Baby – the sexual politics of being a
single mother
Baby – one look at you and men don’t even
bother
I’ll celebrate my love for you
With stretch marks that look like Peru
And even though you can’t focus yet
I’m more impressed by you than any man I’ve
met
Terry-towelling and disposables
Are debated when we change your nappy
And how I love it when you’re happy
Baby – you really know how to show me when
you’re angry
Baby – can you sleep through the night
without me ringing the family?
The people at the church agree
But christening is not the idea
Tying you to some religious dogma
Whoops there goes another tear
Whoops there goes another night of fear
Here we are in your pre-school years
Living on Nesquik and chocolate buttons
Will we still walk through the leaves
When I’m your old mum and you are my hero
Baby – give my greetings to Child Benefit