She Said I Couldn’t Hold The Baby Because Of “Germs” — The Real Reason Broke My Heart

a slight drawing-in, like a door closing an inch it had been standing open.

“Not yet,” she said. “It’s RSV season. I’m being really careful.”

I understood this. Newborns are vulnerable, RSV is real, new mothers develop vigilance that can look like anxiety from the outside but is simply the appropriate response to loving something that small and fragile.continue reading …