Mommy Moments

If you know me well, you know I am a worrier. It's not a quality I admire in myself, but yet it is a quality of mine. I worried so much in my pregnancy, but I knew those worries would be nothing compared to what I would worry once the baby was here. It didn't take me long to come up with something once Cooper arrived either.

Breastfeeding has been a little bit (well, truthfully, a huge) struggle for us. Something that should be totally natural is rather difficult! In my early attempts to feed the baby, I accidentally touched Cooper's soft spot on the lower part of the back of his head a few times. No one ever told me that newborns' vision is very weak at first and that they have trouble focusing on objects; therefore, sometimes their eyes will cross a little. Well, I kept noticing that when Cooper would try to stare at something, his eyes would cross. After noticing the cross-eyed look on my child, I filled with fear.

Did I make Cooper go cross-eyed from touching his soft spot?!?!?!

The answer is no. The nurse politely asked me what grade I had taught when I told her my little fear. When I told her kindergarten, she said she thinks I would have heard about such a problem if it existed. The doctor was polite in his response too. He kept his back turned to me as he snickered when I asked him.

As it turns out, you have to poke really, really hard to cause any damage to a soft spot. Accidental touching does not cause any problems. Good to know!