Day Thirty-Four: Steamy

This is part of a creative project called 100 Word, 100 Days. In this project I’ll be writing a 100 word piece about my experience as a new mother every day for 100 days. Read more here.

It’s so hot outside that our dog has taken to laying on the tiled floor of our kitchen to cool down. We’re gulping glasses of ice water and eating cold grapes. I dress our daughter in nothing but a diaper and sing to her “Hot Baby in the City”. She’s started smiling at us, but not to my singing yet.

She’s fussy as she recovers today. I strap her to my chest and rock her and she relaxes. The temperature outside feels like 98. Somehow, as sweltering as it is, she still wants to be snuggled up close to me.