I've forgotten how friendly people can be when you have a baby with you.
It happened a lot with baby girl. Mostly older people - they loved stopping to talk, giving me friendly advice "they grow up quick, enjoy every moment!" and commenting on how cute, amusing or funny she was.
The same has been happening of late with baby boy.
I noticed it a few months ago. There's this place we get our regular sushi, and one of the women who works there always has the most sour face. This pissed us off on many an occasion, as they kinda have the best sushi. 🙄 But for some reason, she could not crack a smile. Always seri-arse, flat, almost annoyed that I was giving her place of business work with my money.
But then one day when baby boy didn't want to stay in his pram, I was holding him as I got some Saturday sushi, and this same woman was serving me... and as she looked over at baby boy, her whole face broke into a smile.
I nearly fell over. I was sure her face would crack AT ANY MOMENT.
But it didn't! She was happy to see him, a baby, and I absolutely couldn't wait to rush home and tell Hubbie, "guess what, the sushi lady can smile!"
People talk to me in supermarkets. When I'm standing in line, I hear them behind me, commenting on baby boy, talking to him in a cutesy voice. The bakery lady comes over and asks how old he is now, and the other bakery lady takes a peek too. The lollypop man at baby girl's school talks to him EVERY TIME I cross at the crossing, but then again he loves kids. 💓 Still, it's adorable.
Today Hubbie and I were getting a coffee, and as the barista, who I have ordered with plenty times before came over with our orders, she started talking to baby boy.
"You'll be having babycinos soon!"
And so it happened again, that another person who was usually straight, busy, and not that eager on small talk, was suddenly engaging and telling us about her own kids and how making frothed milk is really annoying. 🤣
I like this stage of life with baby boy, and finding out that some supposedly serious people are actually nice, they can open up and smile and become soft at the sight of a baby... well that is really, very sweet.
That is the way things should be. If you don't soften at babies, you must be a very hard person.
I like finding out that there are nice people around, more than I expected. I like to be surprised by this, as it gives me hope. 🙏
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