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Benji, as well as my first guys, Steve and Eli!

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Wendy, Steve, Eli, and Benji

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Conclusion
The Rainbow at the End of the Tunnel: Finally
Your Baby Is Ready to Be Born!
He’s starting to love us back a little.
Francie about four-month-old Jackson
At birth, Esmé was a pudgy, sweet-smelling baby who
needed to use all her concentration to gaze into her
mother’s eyes. Yet, by four months, she could shoot broad
grins out at anyone in the room, as if to say, “Ain’t I
great!”
Hooray! After months of fuzzy stares and long sleeps, your four-
month-old’s laugh and gurgle announce to the world: “Dress rehearsals
are over … I’m ready for my Grand Premiere!”
It has been three long months since you cut the umbilical cord, but
finally your baby is really ready to be born. He has weathered the
challenging transition from your womb to the world and is no longer
trapped inside his immature body. Now the rapidly increasing control he
has over his actions offers him many new ways to handle his upsets
without having to resort to crying.
Please don’t underestimate what your baby has achieved during his
brief lifetime. It truly is amazing. In essence, he has zipped through
millions of years of evolution in a mere ninety days. He may have

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started out as helpless as a mouse yet now he’s well on his way to
mastering the most important skills of our species—the ability to reach
out both manually and socially. His relaxed and open hands now allow
him to latch on to his rattle (or your nose) and, like Esmé, he’s already
learning how to use his adorable, toothless grin to make everyone he
meets fall in love with him!
Like a child on the first day of school, your scrubbed-cheeked, four-
month-old baby’s happy jabberings bubble forth energetically. Now,
there’s no question he’s ready to learn and start making friends. And, as
a direct consequence of your baby’s increasing curiosity, you’ll probably
notice his sudden dislike for being put on his stomach. While newborns
enjoy “tummy time” because it’s calming and helps them ignore the
chaos of the world, your four-month-old baby demands to be placed on
his back so he can see the world. Now, he’s interested in the chaos … he’s
ready to play.
Your infant isn’t the only one ready for this next chapter of life. I’m
sure you too are ready for a little more play … and rest. For the past
three months, you’ve unselfishly accepted pain, fatigue, and anxiety.
Now, you’ve become one of the experienced parents on the block and
you’ve learned enough to earn an advanced degree in “Baby-ology.” It is
my sincere hope that this book has been a useful part of that education
in helping you see the world through your baby’s eyes and in helping
you master the ancient techniques of infant soothing and comforting.
At last, there is a light at the end of the arduous tunnel that was the
fourth trimester and happily, far from being an oncoming train, that
light is … a glorious rainbow. All your love and hard work have paid off
and the real fun is just beginning. So congratulations! Your baby is now
well on the way to becoming one of the happiest babies on the block!

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