And because of that training, I couldn’t help but see the nursery through a different lens — not in an overwhelming way, but in a “let’s give her the best foundation we can” kind of way. I understood how tiny and sensitive a newborn’s systems are: their immature liver, their developing nervous system, their fast little breaths that pull in more air (and everything in it). So instead of stressing, I chose to build her environment intentionally.
