You know, before I had my son, I had heard about this whole “smelling a baby’s head” thing and thought…hm. I mean, I was sure babies smelled lovely, at least to their parents (although that hadn’t exactly been my experience the handful of times I had babysat)…but figured that they mostly just smelled like…baby powder. Or…mashed peas. Or something. I certainly didn’t understand why people got all moony about it, or why mothers were always stopping pregnant me on the street to tell me how I’d want to bury my face in my child’s hair all the time just to smell him.
There are millions of things that have surprised me about motherhood, but the fact that I want to bury my face in my child’s hair all the time just to smell him is a big one. Mostly because that sounds…a little weird.
But last night I was talking about this to Kendrick, and I actually got so emotional describing how it made me feel that I started crying a bit, and then I felt even weirder. But I think I figured it out: you know how when you first fall in love with someone, you get a little obsessed with the way that they smell? It has nothing to do with cologne, or shampoo, or anything like that…it’s them. And the way my baby’s head smells…it’s like the exact thing that I’ve been looking for my entire life, if that makes any sense. He smells like my true love.
Alright, now that I’ve been gushy (weird?) enough for a Friday morning (before I’ve even had my coffee!), on to more logistical matters, which is the fact that I adore the baby wash that I use madly, because it smells ever-so-slightly like vanilla but doesn’t cover up that baby scent that I love so much with artificial bells and whistles…but Method is apparently discontinuing it. (I know this because I’ve been working with Method for a few months and sent a frantic email to them a few days ago asking what was up with me not being able to find the baby wash on the shelves, and was given the sad news.) So before I take a tour of all the pharmacies in my neighborhood in an effort to stock up, I’m wondering if you guys have any suggestions.
What baby wash do you love?
