So Big: A Happy Fourth Birthday - Two Peds in a Pod®

We are so proud: Two Peds in a Pod® turns four years old today and our colleague, pediatrician Dr. Robert Sasson, wrote a sweet poem for us to share with our readers. Thank you, Dr. Bob!

Transition to Parenthood

Her fingers stroked her glistening stretched skin

A kick…and yet another… her baby calling

A wondrous Soul has chosen her

To partake in this Divine right of passage

A smile…a glint of Joy

Rises from deep within

A boy…perhaps a girl

So many emotions

Excitement. Anticipation.

Moments of anxiety…uncertainty…fear

So many choices

Stay at home…return to work

Breast or bottle

Clothes…diapers…daycare

Unexplored territory…

Challenges that may at times seem insurmountable

Arm yourselves with knowledge

For in knowledge there is power

Gird yourselves with courage

For a unified heart is the soil

For your baby’s nourishment

Strengthen your shared purpose for

You will find yourselves on rocky ground

When in conflict

Seek not to find your partner’s weakness

Return always to a place of Love

And seek first to understand

For when your baby looks up and smiles at you

You will know the beauty of her Soul

Because she is yours and you are hers

Bonded together for Eternity

Love her…squeeze her…comfort her

Give her the proverbial

“Roots to grow and wings to fly”

This you must always remember!

Bob Sasson, MD
Dr. Sasson’s collection of poetry and photographs Visions of Thought can be found at www.authorhouse.com