Through a child's eyes...

I attended a lovely home birth of a previous client recently and a few minutes after the baby was born, the older children (including the little boy I’d welcomed into the world two years earlier) all came into the room to meet their new sister, which was a magical moment to see. The little one was particularly fascinated by seeing the cord (placenta having not separated at this point) – “Mummy, there’s a worm!” I’d never thought of it in that way, being seeing it through a two year old’s eyes, I guess it does look a bit like a worm!