After the Baby is Six Weeks

A poem for the ones who want to help

Photo by Mikael Stenberg on Unsplash

Friends and family stop coming to visit. There are fewer meals,
fewer phone calls, and fewer people walking through the front door
to ooh and ahh and gush over your tiny bundle of joy. After
the baby is six weeks, there are fewer questions peppered at the new parents, and there are fewer offers to do the laundry, make dinner,
pick up groceries, or sit…