A couple of months ago my mum said that looking back to when my brother and I were little and we'd visit Elliot's Beach - our version of the collective Kiwi childhood idyll, all sunshine, golden sand, tumbling waves and the sweet sting of salt water in our eyes - she used to wonder why she never walked all the way to the end of the bay. Then she heard a psychologist being interviewed on the radio who said that when you have a baby your world shrinks and your interests narrow. I feel like my world has expanded - but it's like microbiology, the minutiae is suddenly dazzling in its detail.
It's all about the small things with a baby. You spend so much time observing, watching and nurturing their every development that little things become major triumphs, weighty endeavours and acts of wonder. My heart swells on the slightest smile, touch, tilt of her head. My little Mila is a whole new world.
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