One Cork mum's musings on Baby’s First Christmas

"Fascinated by the twinkling lights and the coloured baubles, she claps her hands with delight and cautiously examines the star, before allowing daddy to lift her up to help place it on top of the tree. A new Christmas tradition for our little family, hopefully one of many."
UNPACKING the Christmas decorations recently transported me back to exactly one year ago, sifting through the boxes with a seven-month bump. I wasn’t able to do much more than supervise back then, but this year the bump has been replaced with Grace, our ten-month old baby girl, who is sitting observing curiously from her play-mat on the floor.