Write a day-in-the-life-story about a first-time parent and their newborn child.

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“It's not so hard, right?” by Maiya Johnson

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Saturday, June 9th at 9:30 am After eight hours of labor that's when Ella was born into the world. She was a small thing, but had the cutest smile. Her big adorable hazel eyes were shut as she slept in her father's arms in the living room. Her father, Dave, have been getting along for the couple of weeks and she was surprisingly quiet for a newborn. Dave was pretty happy that the past few days hadn’t been that hard with Ella. And still new to being a father, he didn't think much of it besides ...

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“Rachel Rose” by Sue Reme

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There you are! I can't believe that I finally get to hold you! All these many many months I have felt you growing inside me. At first, you were just a tiny flutter, like a butterfly that had landed on my belly and floated inside of me to grow - YOU!I remember us going to the doctors office so that we could get a sonogram and these would be the first of many pictures that we would take of you over the years to come.You were not much more than a bump and I could still wear my regular jeans. I had to weave a rubber band around the button of my ...

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“She cried again” by Ruben Smith

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It must’ve been around 4 in the morning; I could see orange and pink clouds spread across the light blue sky through the semi open blinds. I could feel the cold air bite my skin, raising the goosebumps on my skin as I sat up. The room was quite dark, I faced the mirror in front of me and stared at my dark figure which stood out from the white wall behind me. If I could look at my face, I'd see dark rings around my semi open eyes and bags which would drag my long face down. &nb...

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“It Just Be Like That Sometimes” by Emilia Stokes

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Voices litter the air of the crowded street. They bounce against the walls and assault the ears of whoever is trapped within the jumble. A tall and slender figure pushes her way through the crowd hurridly. A to-go cup swings back and forth as she swerves through the maze of limbs. Brown eyes glance towards the gaping doorway she was frantically working towards. She was almost there. Until something hit her, something that knocked her coffee right onto her black shirt. Another girl, with dyed black hair, stood there. Dani ...

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“I Am Grateful. I Should Be Grateful. ” by A K Littler

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10 am. It’s only 10 am. You woke up at 2am, then 3.31am, 4.17am, 5.29am... and that’s when you decided to be up for the day. Since I’m your mum, I’m forced to wake up with you however unsociable the hour may be. Thing is, the life I lived before you was one in which I gave the orders, but now I appear to be living in a dictatorship in which I have no say. It’s a hell of a learning curve and I’m not close to getting to grips with it yet.I stagger downstairs with you grunting away in my arms and lump heavily on the sofa. A muslin is thrown o...

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“WHEN BIRTH BRINGS DESTRUCTION” by Kogi Naicker

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How your world falls apart, when you bring this new soul into the world. Life as you know it is thrown out of the window. Sleep becomes a cherished luxury, counting the number of hours that you had and wondering if it is possible to catch them up somewhere in the day. When you buy a rocker in the hope that, your child would sleep so that you can rest. When you watch your child in the rocker and you pass out on the bed before he is even asleep. When your desperation for sleep results in the breast being shoved in his mouth so that you both...

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“Dear Daughter” by R. Cai

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Dear daughter,Happy 11th birthday! I know your mother has probably visited you, I will too after this letter is finished. She probably talked to you about everything that happened in our lives since the last time she visited you. I’ll agree with her- this has been a crazy year. Your mother got a promotion at her job, at the same time when I got fired. Then your Uncle Will got married. He and his husband are looking into adopting two children. Last month I met your mother’s ex-boyfriend Billy in the park. He made some snide comment on you and...

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“Nothing Could Ever Prepare You” by C. M. Sinnott

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Nothing could ever prepare you for bringing a newborn child home for the first time. Not the parenting books, the endless articles online written by experienced parents and experts alike. Not even the medical professionals that guide you along the way from the first ultrasound to the sign-off of the discharge papers, postpartum. From the moment I first looked into my daughter's eyes, the birthing room lights glistening off her radiant blues, the sound of my wife, Melissa, sobbing as the baby was placed on her bare skin, I knew I would do wha...

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“It Takes A Village” by Janelle Hammonds

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“Okay, you can do this, breathe,” Katherine mutters, repeating her new mantra to herself. Albeit it’s rather simple, but she finds saying the words out loud helps them ring true more than just leaving them to swirl around in her head. She forces herself to exhale heavily, a scent lingers in the air, and suddenly she’s questioning when the last time she’d brushed her teeth was, and all she knew was that the answer was definitely not today. Same goes for brushing her hair, eating more than a protein shake, changing clothes. She looks down at h...

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“Connecting” by Cassie Kerr

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If you asked Elissa-let’s say, a year ago-if she ever thought she’d be a mother one day, she would look back at you with an incredulous look on her face and respond with a blunt, “no way. I have my whole life ahead of me. Why hinder all of those opportunities for a small, needy being?” Now, things have changed. Things always seem to change, don’t they? It seems that life’s meaning is simply to constantly adapt to change. Elissa looks down at her newborn, still shocked this squirming helpless being came out of her. “What do I do with you?” ...

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“Those Hazy Newborn Days. ” by Ashleigh Waggott

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Slowly, I peel my eyelids open. What’s that noise? What time is it? The room is dark. My husband stirs next to me. I feel for my phone, lodged under my pillow. It’s 3:00am. The noise is my phone, an alarm telling me it’s time to wake up our newborn son, and feed him. “Never wake a baby to feed him” is a line I’ve heard many times. Our tiny baby boy is five days old, and jaundice. We brought him home from the hospital yesterday, and he doesn’t wake himself for feeds. I nudge my husband. “It’s that time.” I say, and pull myself up. He gets up ...

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“Baby Love” by Courtney Warren

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“Oh my god, what have we done?” Mary was so sleep-deprived she didn’t know whether she’d said it aloud or just thought it. She was too hot; slick with sweat so her thighs slipped across each other when she rolled. Her wet hair matted at the nape of her neck and her face was a landscape of puffy and drained rises and dips; she could feel this as she squinted her eyes open. The gray digital display read 3am. The room was a soft blue, with moon yellow stripes on the comforter like caution tape, stenciled through the slatted blinds. ...

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“Bedtime Stories” by Nolan Pieper

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“Your life will not be easy my little one and for that I am truly sorry. Through no fault of your own, by the hands of the generations before you, the world I grew up with will be nothing more than a fairytale to you.” A baby no older than a couple weeks stares back at his mother with his emerald green eyes. The mother returns the gaze with eyes telling a different story. Her eyes show a theatrical act of sorrow and regret that is only broken as the curtains close between blinks. The mother tries to avert her gaze from her child. How can sh...

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“A perfect Friday night” by JR Soko

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So much has happened in the last few months. But the most important thing is that our little baby girl, whom we named Kayla was born. Born early. 8 weeks earlier to be exact. I was terrified at first, fearing something was wrong with her. Luckily, my fears dissolved as she's ok. A healthy little thing that could not wait to get out into the world. I guess she's like me - impatient. For three weeks we had to leave her in the hospital until she gained the proper weight. And do you know what the proper weight is? A mere 4.2 pounds. That is insa...

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“Swimming to My Mother” by Franchesa Kirkpatrick

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Swimming to my mother in a blue lake, laughing. My body is so small and wiggles around. Could I be a fish? No telling what I look like. No mirrors in this place. I do not know how I got here at all. Is this my mother? The two of us float around the blue waves, dipping up and down. So much like sea creatures, we swim around in circles. Green weeds peek up though the water’s edge. I am being tickled by the fish that pass by me. The light on the lake twinkles in the beautiful warm water. It is breathtaking, yet I do not have...

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Write a day-in-the-life-story about a first-time parent and their newborn child.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 100 stories

“It's not so hard, right?” by Maiya Johnson

“Rachel Rose” by Sue Reme

“She cried again” by Ruben Smith

“It Just Be Like That Sometimes” by Emilia Stokes

“I Am Grateful. I Should Be Grateful. ” by A K Littler

“WHEN BIRTH BRINGS DESTRUCTION” by Kogi Naicker

“Dear Daughter” by R. Cai

“Nothing Could Ever Prepare You” by C. M. Sinnott

“It Takes A Village” by Janelle Hammonds

“Connecting” by Cassie Kerr

“Those Hazy Newborn Days. ” by Ashleigh Waggott

“Baby Love” by Courtney Warren

“Bedtime Stories” by Nolan Pieper

“A perfect Friday night” by JR Soko

“Swimming to My Mother” by Franchesa Kirkpatrick

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